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Tambo with Tom Cruise and the actor’s P-51 Mustang which also featured in TOP GUN: MAVERICK. Busy schedules unfortunately prevented the two pilots from flying the vintage fighter together. Image: LTCDR Zach ‘Tambo’ Daniels

Lt Cdr Zach ‘Tambo’ Daniels on fast flying for Top Gun: Maverick

Lieutenant Commander Zach ‘Tambo’ Daniels is the archetypal US Navy fighter pilot. Joining in 2011, he completed flight training and progres... Continue Reading

Sherri attended the final F/A-18 Super Hornet delivery ceremony at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, in October 2011. She considers the event among the highlights of her career. Image: Joe Veile

T-7A Red Hawk training director Sherri Koehnemann leads by example

Sherri Koehnemann came to Boeing through a chance encounter, then learned her trade on the F-15 and F/A-18. Now she works as T-7A Red Hawk t... Continue Reading

Col. Jeannie Leavitt at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Leavitt, the first female fighter pilot, now commands the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson. (Air Force photo courtesy 4th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Female fighter pilot breaks barriers

The first female fighter pilot, Col. Jeannie Leavitt, last year made history by becoming the first woman to take command of an Air Force com... Continue Reading