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1 May, 2017

Looking Over The Edge

by Keith “Rosey” Rosenkranz Aviators who’ve been to “the edge of the envelope” definitely know the name “Chuck Yeager.” On Oct. 14, 1947, the legendary test pilot became the first person to fly supersonic,...
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30 Oct, 2016

T-BIRD BOMB BURST

BY GEN. MERRILL A. (TONY) MCPEAK , Del Rio could be the movie set of a West Texas border town. It’s windy, and the weather tends toward seasonal extremes. A large U.S. Air Force...
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14 Mar, 2016

KILLING TRAINS

By Ed Rasimus (Excerpted from When Thunder Rolled: An F-105 Pilot over North Vietnam) Our target for the day was a bridge at Bac Ninh on the northeast railroad. Ingress could be along the...
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26 Oct, 2015

FAREWELL FLIGHT

FAREWELL FLIGHT by Capt. William R. Tymczyszyn I hoped we’d fly together again someday, but I didn’t know just when. Then a sense of something special came over me, as I released the brakes...
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17 Aug, 2015

GORILLA – THE FIRST JET-POWERED PRIMATE

by William B.Scott At the dawn of the jet age, a small group of test pilots, engineers, technicians and maintenance troops secretly evaluated the Bell XP-59A, America’s first military jet, at the remote Materiel...
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16 Jun, 2015

B-52 STRIKE ON IRAQ

January 16, 1991; 1900 Hours: “We’re going!” That simple announcement from “Moondog,” our radar navigator, triggered a flurry of activity. We were going to war with Iraq. Jamming last-minute gear into our helmet bags...
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23 Mar, 2015

THE FIRST NIGHTHAWKS

by William B. Scott Depicting a symbolic nighthawk in flight and worn on a man’s suit lapel, it’s just a small, innocuous silver pin. But a red ruby in the hawk’s eye silently...

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Air Transports / Airliners / Civil aviation

14 Apr, 2019

A Trip Down Airline Memory Lane, Part One

How many of these airlines do you remember, or have flown on? The airlines in this set of photos have not only ceased to operate as brands, but many of their aircraft pictured here...

Air National Guard / Base Visits / fighters / New England / Special Events / tribute / U.S. Air Force

12 Apr, 2019

Viper Out -158th Fighter Wing – Vermont Air National Guard

Viper Out 158th Fighter Wing – Vermont Air National Guard Burlington International Airport 6 April 2019 Ken Middleton In December 2013, it was announced that the 158th Fighter Wing of the Vermont Air National...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Blue Angels / Helicopters / military / U.S. Marines

7 Apr, 2019

2018’s MCAS Miramar Airshow Reviewed, Less Than Six Months Until the 2019 Show

Less than six months remain until the U.S. Marine Corps present a seldom-seen exercise that tells the story of high-tech teamwork in action. The Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) presentation combines aviation and...

Air Transports / Aviation History / Formation Flying / museums / Special Aviation Events / Transports / U.S. Army / warbirds

7 Apr, 2019

D-Day Squadron Prepares for Epic Atlantic Ocean Crossing in May

An amazing recreation of World War II transport operations will be assembled in Connecticut in just a few weeks. The D-Day Squadron is the American contingent of a larger anniversary commemoration in Great Britain...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Blue Angels / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / USAF Thunderbirds / warbirds

30 Mar, 2019

“Legends In Flight” – the 2019 Joint Base Andrews Air and Space Expo Preview

“Legends In Flight” is the theme for the 2019 Air and Space Expo at Joint Base Andrews, just off of the Capital Beltway in Camp Springs, Maryland. Andrews serves the Washington DC area, and...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Helicopters / military / museums / USAF Thunderbirds / warbirds

30 Mar, 2019

A Look Back to the New York Air Show of 2018, and a Preview of What’s Ahead

MISSION BRIEF: Stewart International Airport held its big Air Show for 2018 on Saturday and Sunday, September 15th and 16th. Officially called the “New York Air Show”, Stewart, located west of Newburgh, New...

Base Visits / New England / Special Aviation Events / Transports / U.S. Air Force

25 Mar, 2019

Stratotanker 57-1419 “Goes West”, But That’s a Good Thing!

Last pass of a 157th ARW KC-135R over the runway at Pease ANGB on March 24, 2019 at 1419 military time! At various times in history, the phrase “going west” has meant to die,...

air force / Aviation History / fighters / warbirds / World War II

23 Mar, 2019

P-51 Mustang Scrapbook

This feature first appeared in our sister warbird magazine – http://ClassicWarbirds.net North American Aviation’s P-51 Mustang changed the course of World War II, the Korean War, and quite possibly a few other conflicts....

Marines / military / museums / Special Aviation Events / Special Color Schemes / U.S. Marines / Viet Nam / warbirds

16 Mar, 2019

Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler Sunset and VMAQ-2 Deactivation

On Friday, March 8th, 2019, the United States Marine Corps said farewell to the venerable Grumman EA-6B Prowler and the last squadron to fly it, VMAQ-2, ‘The Death Jesters”. This was truly an end...

General Aviation / Special Events

16 Mar, 2019

Alton Bay, New Hampshire’s 2019 Ice Runway Season Is Finished

First Published in our sister journal, CivilAviationWorld.com The Vernal Equinox, otherwise known as the first day of astronomical Spring in the Northern hemisphere, occurs on March 20th of every year. In America, the...