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On Nov. 18, 1952, Royce Williams was piloting an F9F-5 Panther when he encountered seven Soviet MiG-15s. He shot down four of the fighters.
For decades after the dogfight, the U.S. government kept secret the fact that Royce Williams had fought against Soviet aircraft.
President Trump is awarding the Medal of Honor to a pilot whose faceoff with Soviet fighter jets remained secret for a half-century and a soldier who died in Afghanistan while shielding somebody from a suicide bomber.
He received his master’s in business administration in aviation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach in 2023.
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Navy crew helped rescue F-16 pilot after ejection over California
A U.S. Navy search-and-rescue team known as the "Dust Devils" played a pivotal part in the rescue of an Air Force pilot who safely ejected from an F-16.
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US Navy Pilots Are Getting a New High-Tech Flight Helmet
The advanced flight helmet—designated the "Next-Generation Fixed-Wing Helmet" (NGFWH)—will be manufactured by the Gentex Corporation in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.