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Starfire’s Radar
The “B” model Starfire that we flew in the Korean War was a very able and reliable aircraft and with the E-1 fire control system, including the AN/APG-33 radar, it became, for its time, a formidable all weather/night interceptor! The Dash-33 radar ha
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P-38 Combat Stats
The P-38 Lightning was one of the few American aircraft that was produced before Pearl Harbor and continued in service after the victory over Japan (VJ Day). In all, 10,003 P-38s were built by Lockheed at a typical cost of $97,100 apiece. In the Paci
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“Satan’s Angels” Ace
“AS A KID GROWING UP on the bow of my father’s tugboat, hauling oil from Seattle to Alaska, I had a lot of time on my hands. I used to read the pulp magazines about the aces of WW I, such as the Red Baron. That’s probably how I became interested in f