FU Heroes

By Borg on January 24, 2009 in FU Heroes

  Chesley "Sully" Sullenburger III. The passengers on US Air flight 1549 out of La Guardia could not have been luckier in terms of the pilot who brought them down safely in the Hudson River after taking big birds down both engines on the A320 he was piloting.Read More >

By admin on January 10, 2009 in FU Heroes

  No Guts, No Glory!  No truer words have ever been used to describe what being a fighter pilot is all about.  Those words are also the title of a book written by our latest FU Hero, Boots Blesse.Read More >

By Rowdy on December 27, 2008 in FU Heroes

Oswald Boelcke is one of the most influential fighter pilots of all time. He has been called “The Father of Air Fighting Tactics” and the father of the German fighter air force.Read More >

By Borg on December 13, 2008 in FU Heroes

Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. There aren't many UW alumni who win the Medal of Honor, write a best-selling book and have Robert Conrad portray them in a TV series.Read More >

By admin on November 29, 2008 in FU Heroes

Henry "Hap" Arnold was one of the truly great men in American airpower and considered to be the father of the United States Air Force.Read More >