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Kenneth Oscar Chilstrom (April 20, 1921 – December 3, 2022) was a United States Air Force officer, combat veteran, test pilot, and author.He was the first USAF pilot to fly the XP-86 Sabre, chief of fighter test at Wright Field, commandant of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, and program manager for the XF-108 Rapier.
In addition to the F-108's interceptor role, North American proposed it as a penetration fighter to aid its own B-70 Valkyrie supersonic bomber prototype. [7] Commonality between the B-70 bomber and the F-108 included the escape capsule and General Electric YJ93 engines.
Artist's impression of the North American XF-108 Rapier. The North American F-108 Rapier was the first proposed successor to the F-106. It was to be capable of Mach 3 performance and was intended to serve as a long-range interceptor that could destroy attacking Soviet bombers over the poles before they could get near US territory.
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Heather "Lucky" Penney, an F-16 pilot at the time, was ordered into the air to intercept United Airlines Flight 93. Her father was a flight captain for United at the time.
The F-107 was never given an official name, but was sometimes informally called the "Super Super Sabre" [11] referring to North American's earlier fighter design, the F-100 Super Sabre. [12] The designation "F-107A" was the only one assigned to the aircraft, [ 12 ] [ 13 ] though "YF-107A" is often used in publications.
The F-22 is considered the top US air superiority fighter, known for stealth, speed, and agility. F-22 pilot Maj. Samuel Larson captivates audiences with daring displays in the fifth-gen fighter.
Heinrich, in 2020, along with former senator Tom Udall and then U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small were notified of the Air Force's decision use the base to house a training squadron of F-16 fighter jets.