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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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16 Feb, 2020

Grumman F-14 Tomcat History Part 2

Service The US Navy put the F-14A Tomcat into service in 1974 with VF-1 and VF-2. The F-14 took off on its maiden flight in December 1970 and was introduced to the group just...

Air Transports / Airbus / Airliners / Airshow / Aviation History / Boeing / Civil aviation / Europe / General Aviation / Helicopters / military / Special Aviation Events / Trainers / Transports

16 Feb, 2020

The Millennial Farnborough International Air Shows

ATR-42-500 soon to be delivered to Cuban airline Aerogaviota, at the 2002 Farnborough trade show. Here are a number of aircraft photos featuring the aircraft from the 2000 and 2002 Farnborough International Air...

Aerobatics / Airliners / Airshow / Blue Angels / military / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. Navy

12 Feb, 2020

San Francisco Fleet Week 2019

Each year during Columbus Day weekend, San Francisco hosts the Blue Angels at its annual Fleet Week celebration. In recent years, Fleet Week evolved from just a parade of ships and an airshow to...

Airliners / Aviation History / Civil aviation / Photography and Spotting

12 Feb, 2020

TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy Airport

Having grown up within miles from John F. Kennedy Airport, I eagerly awaited the opportunity to visit and stay at the newly renovated TWA Hotel on location at JFK airport. The TWA Hotel opened...

Air National Guard / Base Visits / Exercises / military / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

9 Feb, 2020

NORTHERN LIGHTNING 2019

The 21st edition of Northern Lightning was held from August 12th to the 23rd 2019 at the Volk Field CRTC (Combat Readiness Training Center). Volk Field is located in Juneau County Wisconsin near the...

Air Transports / Aircraft carrier / Transports / U.S. Navy

9 Feb, 2020

Grumman’s Long-Serving C-2A Greyhound To Be Replaced This Decade

About to catch a wire, a C-2A arrives aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. Dion Makowski photo The Grumman C-2A Greyhound was developed from the E-2 Hawkeye AWACS during the 1960s. More than...

air racing / Civil aviation / military / Trainers / warbirds

5 Feb, 2020

Aero L-39 Updated

Civilianized L-39 in flight Aero Vodochody, the Czechoslovakian/Czech Republic aircraft manufacturer celebrated their 100th anniversary of existence in 2019, making it one of the oldest surviving aircraft manufacturers in the world. The company boasts...

Aerial Firefighters / Air Transports / warbirds

5 Feb, 2020

Aerial Firefighting, Part 2 – Some Older Airframes

P-2V Neptune at Alamogordo New Mexico Aerial Firefighting has changed in many ways during the past 90 years or so, since its inception here in the U.S.. In other ways it hasn’t changed very...

Aerial Firefighters / Air Transports / military / Transports

1 Feb, 2020

OPERATION BUSHFIRE ASSIST – AERIAL CONTINGENTS

The Australian Defence Force is providing direct support to the current Australian bushfire crisis. ADF support will continue for as long as needed. Around 6,400 ADF personnel are supporting Operation BUSHFIRE ASSIST. The ADF’s...

Airshow / EAA / fighters / Korean War / military / oshkosh / Trainers / warbirds

1 Feb, 2020

VINTAGE JETS: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WARBIRDS PRESENT AT AIRVENTURE 2019

Jet warbirds are gaining in popularity with growing numbers ending up in the hands of civilian owners. AirVenture always assembles a fine selection of vintage jets from all era’s, types, and country of manufacture....