Flight Journal

Tuskegee Red Tails

44 The men, the machines, the missions 56

ON THE COVER:

Fighter icons of the Second World War (clockwise from top): The Old Flying Machine Company’s iconic P-51 “Big Beautiful Doll” comes in close to the camera ship above Duxford, UK; Planes of Fame P-47G; vintage photo of PTO ace Ken Walsh in the cockpit...

Their Finest Hour

85 summers ago, the British Royal Air Force and Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe fought the world’s first great air campaign

Wolfpack Assassin

Confessions of a MiG killer

FLIGHT JOURNAL

(USPS 015-447; ISSN 1095-1075) is published bimonthly by Air Age Inc., 57 Danbury Road, Suite 202, Wilton, CT 06897 USA. Copyright 2025, all rights reserved. Periodicals postage paid at Wilton, CT, and additional mailing offices. Canada Post...

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FLIGHT JOURNAL (USPS 015-447; ISSN 1095-1075) is published bimonthly by Air Age Inc., 57 Danbury Road, Suite 202, Wilton, CT 06897 USA. Copyright 2025, all rights reserved. Periodicals postage paid at Wilton, CT, and additional mailing offices. Canada...

Rhino II

The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

SPITFIRE SURVIVORS!

Pacific Warrior

The 18 scout bombers approached Oahu that Sunday morning, flying in pairs to cover the Eastern Hemisphere from their carrier, USS Enterprise. “The Big E” had just delivered Marine Corps fighters to Wake Island, and Vice Adm. W. F. Halsey was taking no...