In 1989, while flying a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet, Soviet test pilot Viktor Georgiyevich Pugachev did something that hadn't been done before: the Cobra Maneuver. It's gone by different names over the ...
ACM training is not about memorizing a catalog of maneuvers, but ingraining a mindset within the pilot: managing chaos, anticipating geometry, and making split-second decisions under high-G pressure.
UPDATE: The training has been rescheduled. The story has been updated below: WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The 104th Fighter Wing, based out of Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, is scheduled to ...
WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A heads up for anyone who lives near the Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, the 104th Fighter Wing is scheduled to conduct night training flights through Thursday.