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Ace of aces is a title accorded to the top active ace within a branch of service in a nation's military in time of war. The term ace was used for highly successfull military professional that have accumulated multiple kills on enemy aircraft shot down, tanks destroyed, ships sunk, by number or tonnage. [ 1 ]
Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air ...
Aces with five symbols on French-suited playing cards, used in Germany The "first French ace", Frenchman Adolphe Pégoud being awarded the Croix de guerre. A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to ...
Joseph Christopher McConnell Jr. (30 January 1922 – 25 August 1954) was a United States Air Force fighter pilot who was the top American flying ace during the Korean War. [1] A native of Dover, New Hampshire , Captain McConnell was credited with shooting down 16 MiG-15s while flying North American F-86 Sabres .
The American Fighter Aces Association was founded in 1960 to honor the 1,450 American "Ace" pilots. [2] On September 23, 1960, The AFAA held its first reunion in San Francisco, Calif. [1] To be a member honored by the association a pilot needs to have shot down at least five enemy aircraft in combat.
The term ace (now commonly flying ace) was first used by French newspapers during World War I, describing Adolphe Pégoud as l'as ('the ace'), after he downed five German aircraft. When aircraft began to shoot or force down other aircraft, systems to count "air victories" were subsequently developed.
The F-4 Phantom II crew consisted of a pilot and a radar intercept officer (RIO) in the United States Navy (USN) or a weapon systems officers (WSO) in the United States Air Force (USAF). This crew configuration allowed for effective multi-role combat capabilities and improved coordination in air-to-air engagements.
Patrick Dawson Fleming (January 17, 1918 – February 16, 1956) was a high-scoring World War II US Navy fighter ace, and later an accomplished US Air Force test pilot. Fleming racked up 19 aerial victories in the Pacific Theatre , putting him in a three-way tie with Cornelius Nooy and Alexander Vraciu for fourth-highest-scoring Navy ace.