"Tuskegee Airmen Win First "Top Gun" Competition" Topic
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 ColCampbell  | 24 Feb 2022 7:23 a.m. PST |
It wasn't the Navy that pioneered top gun competitions, it was the US Air Force in 1949. And the winners were a team from the 332nd Fighter Group flying P-47N Thunderbolts against more modern P-51 Mustangs and P-82 Super Mustangs. link Jim |
| Tgerritsen | 24 Feb 2022 8:30 a.m. PST |
The Navy's Top Gun isn't a competition, it's a course for training air crews on how to fly in combat conditions. The formal title of the course is- Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor. Attendees are ranked, but that's not the point- learning how to fly in combat is, including air to ground. Kudos to the Tuskegee airmen, who were true heroes, but the title of the linked article is misleading. |
| 35thOVI | 24 Feb 2022 4:54 p.m. PST |
Kudos to all the FG's, BG's, transport and the rest, they were all heroes. I'll won't single any one out, they all did their jobs. Well deserved praise. |
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