(U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.) — A B-52 tail gunner from the Vietnam War will be honored on Friday, Oct. 11 at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), where the very plane he achieved the last confirmed ...
Airman 1 st Class Albert Moore, who shot down an enemy MiG fighter jet from the tail of a B-52D during the Vietnam War, has been honored with a plaque at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The plaque was ...
The B-52 crews were able to claim the bragging rights of a 2:0 kill ratio against their nimbler aerial adversaries. “The first shootdown came on Dec. 18, 1972, after Turner’s B-52D took off from ...