Ronald Reagan Teaches Fighter Formation Tactics – 1943

Ronald Reagan stars as a fighter pilot instructor in this training film on fighter formations.

A fighter ace, he is sent back to Washington (!) to be assigned a mission training young pilots on his successful tactics.

He teaches pilot formations designed for quick and easy sighting of enemy planes, techniques for countering front and rear attacks, escort plane measures, and the role played by the sun in air combat.

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