For as long as aviation has been part of our lives, people have also had a long list of expectations when it comes to what constitutes an airplane: it has to have a more or less cylinder-shaped body, two large wings, one to each side, and two smaller ones on the tail, and of course, engine in various, yet visible positions on the fuselage.
American military forces are present in a large number of locations across the world, being deployed in some places, like say Europe and some bits of Asia, for more than half of century. And they have with them military hardware powerful enough to wage war effectively, if need be, until help arrives from the homeland or elsewhere.
Plane spotter saves pilot after spotting problem with US Air Force jet
SHARE Link US Air Force Major Grant Thompson ripping the flight patch from his shoulder to give to Ian Simpson, who spotted the problem with Thompson s plane.
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US Air Force Maj. Grant Thompson thanked a British photographer the best way he knew how - by ripping the flight patch from his shoulder and handing it to the man whose quick action last week ensured he landed safely after an engine in his F-15E Strike Eagle malfunctioned.
Ian Simpson was standing outside the fence of a Royal Air Force base in eastern England and snapping pictures of fighter aircraft taking off when he spotted a shower of sparks flying from the back of a plane. He and a group of aviation enthusiasts listening to flight control traffic realised the pilot didn t appear to know there was a problem with the aircraft.
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