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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 force / Australia / photocalls / Special Aviation Events / warbirds

17 Aug, 2019

A Rare Event Nowadays: Two RAAF F-111s Parked Together

On Saturday 18th May 2019 a unique opportunity to view and photograph two F-111s together since their retirement from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 2010 was organised by both the RAAF and...

Air Transports / Civil aviation / General Aviation / Helicopters / Special Aviation Events

17 Aug, 2019

Westchester County’s NBAA Biz Jet Show 2019

I was invited to attend the “NBAA White Plains Regional Forum” in White Plains, New York, on June 6th, 2019. I had no idea what this was. First I thought “NBA” = “National Basketball...

Air Transports / demo teams / military / U.S. Air Force / USAF Thunderbirds / warbirds

9 Aug, 2019

Kirtland Air Force Base Air & Space Fiesta 2019

Kirtland Air Force Base is situated on the southeast side of Albuquerque New Mexico’s largest airport. The base sits across the runways from the civilian terminal and actually shares the same runways with the...

Aerobatics / Airshow / demo teams / Europe

9 Aug, 2019

The Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows Begin Their North American Tour

The team readies to depart from their home base at RAF Scampton on August 5th. It’s mid-summer in 2019, and the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows flight demonstration team has embarked on Exercise Western...

Air Force Reserve / Air National Guard / Air Transports / military / tanker ride / Transports / U.S. Air Force

3 Aug, 2019

The U.S. Air Force’s KC-46A Pegasus Update

KC-46A Pegasus on approach to a Joint Base McGuire runway. Photo by Mike Colaner. Boeing’s KC-46A Pegasus program has been fraught with delays caused by several bid cancellations, system redesigns, and recent quality control...

Aerobatics / Airliners / Airshow / military / warbirds

3 Aug, 2019

Westmoreland County Airshow 2019

The annual Shop & Save Westmoreland County Airshow took place on May 25th and 26th at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. This was my first time attending although I had known about...

Air National Guard / Air Transports / Airshow / Aviation History / Boeing / Civil aviation / EAA / fighters / Fly-In / General Aviation / museums / oshkosh / Special Aviation Events / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / warbirds

27 Jul, 2019

Our First Look From 2019’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

Here’s a first look at some of the great aircraft and events that took place at the EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2019. This year, among the many aviation-related celebrations during the convention, the 50th year...

Air Transports / Boeing

27 Jul, 2019

Boeing 737s And My Home Town Airport

The Boeing 737 first took to the skies on April 9th 1967. Little did Boeing know that 52 years later a total of 10,533 737’s would be delivered, with another 4,703 on order at...

Air National Guard / fighters / military / Special Aviation Events

19 Jul, 2019

The “Green Mountain Boys” – Vermont’s Air National Guard History

Photos by Scott Zeno, except where noted. The Vermont Air National Guard (VTANG) has roots that can be traced back to the years just before the American Revolutionary War, in the 1760s. Originally...

Exercises / Helicopters / Marines / military / U.S. Marines

19 Jul, 2019

Marine Corps WTI 2-19 Exercise in Kiwanis Park, Yuma AZ

On April 19th, the United States Marine Corps descended upon Kiwanis Park in Yuma, Arizona, in their CH-53E Super Stallions and UH-1Y Venoms in a simulated humanitarian assistance mission. The park offers a large...