11. As a Navy lieutenant commander who flew missions during the Vietnam War, McCain was shot down and captured, breaking both arms and one leg. 12. A NATO officer noted Wednesday that British Tornado planes have regularly flown missions over Bosnia. 13. Air Force AWACS based at Tinker will continue to fly surveillance missions. 14. All three pilots continue to fly regular missions, as part of a vastly expanded NORAD air defense operation that has fighter jets airborne at all times. 15. British pilots have been flying Tornado fighter aircraft, and eight German Tornado jets arrived in Italy to fly support missions for the other NATO pilots. 16. British aerial refueling tankers have serviced U.S. Navy jets, and British planes have flown reconnaissance missions. 17. Command and wing units that fly military missions are authorized to display the new art on only one aircraft of their choice. 18. During the gulf war, pilots complained of having to fly missions without the kind of target graphics they had used in training. 19. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Forces, flying reconnaissance missions over North Africa, Italy and Germany. 20. Fighters and bombers from the carrier fly missions in support of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan. |