USAF Fighter Weapons School

USAF Fighter Weapons School

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The Fighter Weapons Schools accomplished their mission by providing graduate-level instructor academic and flying courses to Combat Air Forces.

RF-4C Reconnaissance Weapons School taught graduate-level instructor courses, which provided the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to flight officers of the combat air forces. The School conducted extensive technical off-station training and liaison with CAF units from the U.S. Navy and NATO Air Forces. The School publishes the quarterly USAF Weapons Review with worl

Photos from USAF Fighter Weapons School's post 02/14/2015
05/15/2012

http://www.f-4.nl/f4_9.html great bio on the McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II.

McDonnell RF-4C Phantom II The RF-4C (Model 98DF) was the unarmed photographic reconnaissance version of the USAF's F-4C. The armament and radar of the fighter version was removed and replaced with equipment specialized for photographic reconnaissance. Perhaps the most readily-noticeable difference between the F-4C and ...

Photos 04/24/2012

The McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II, a tandem, twin-engined (J79), all-weather, long-range supersonic tactical reconnaissance jet fighter. Top speed of Mach 2.23, an initial climb rate of over 41,000 ft/min, and a service cieling of 60,000+ ft.

Photos 03/20/2012

FAC at the FWIC, Gowen Field, Bosie ID. After another week of flying, briefings, presentations, testing, more flying, and good debates on tactics, it is time for a cold beer.

Photos 12/06/2011

Col (ret) Robert Athan, 155th Tactical Reconnasaince Group, Nebraska Air National Guard, Lincoln, NE. Graduate of the FWIC at Boise, ID in December 1987 with Brad Norton. Commander was Col Jim Davies and FWIC instructors were Bill (B.C.) Crum, Chuck Lax, Sal, and Sherm. Good times and one hell of a course.

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Air National Guard Base, Gowen Field
Boise, ID