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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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17 Aug, 2018

Captain Emilio Carranza Rodriguez – The Mexican Lindy

Ninety years have passed since the aviation pioneer known as the ‘Mexican Lindy’, Captain Emilio Carranza Rodriguez and his aircraft “The Mexico-Excelsior’ were lost in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. His aircraft was a...

Airshow / bombers / demo teams / NASA / U.S. Air Force / USAF Thunderbirds / warbirds

11 Aug, 2018

THE WESTOVER AIR SHOW 2018 Some Planes, Some History, and Even An Astronaut

The Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Mass., home of the 439th Airlift Wing and their big C-5’s of the Air Force Reserve Command, held their first air show since May of 2015 on...

air racing / Reno

5 Aug, 2018

Revisiting the 2017 Reno Air Races, Here They Come Again!

The STIHL National Championship Air Races will be held near Reno Nevada during the week of September 12 – 16, 2018. Here’s a review of last year’s race week, and a possible glimpse...

air force / Airshow / fighters / U.S. Air Force / warbirds

5 Aug, 2018

Power in the Pines 2018

Power in the Pines 2018 was held May 5th and 6th at ‘America’s Premier Joint War-Fighting Base, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL) in central New Jersey. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is home to Air Force,...

Airshow / warbirds

3 Aug, 2018

THE 2018 QUONSET POINT AIR SHOW – THE SHOW AND THE BASE

The Quonset Point Air Show for 2018, officially called the “2018 Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show”, was held on Saturday and Sunday, June 9th and 10th, at the Quonset State Airport...

Air National Guard / Air to air photography / bombers / fighters / Formation Flying / Helicopters / U.S. Air Force

1 Aug, 2018

Hazy’s Gallery of Photos of the Week

Here’s a running collection of Jim “Hazy” Haseltine’s Photos of the Week, it’ll be updated as a new photo is posted too. Enjoy these awesome air-to-air images of warplanes in their element! ”...

Airshow / Blue Angels / demo teams / Royal Canadian Air Force

30 Jul, 2018

Bethpage NY Air Show 2018

For the 15th straight year, the annual Memorial Day Weekend New York Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach, Long Island continued to make history and set new attendance records. Drawing added attention to the...

Air National Guard / demo teams / military / museums / U.S. Air Force / USAF Thunderbirds / warbirds

21 Jul, 2018

Thunder of Niagara 2018

I am proud to present the Thunder of Niagara Airshow held June 9th and 10th, 2018 at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. This airshow is a coming home for me as I grew...

Airshow / Blue Angels / demo teams / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

17 Jul, 2018

An Interview with Two Blue Angels – at Tampa’s MacDill Airfest

Interview and most questions by Nicole Cloutier. Additional questions by Mike Colaner On May 10th I had the pleasure of watching the Blue Angels arrive to Tampa before the MacDill Airfest. For this...

fighters / warbirds

13 Jul, 2018

Pioneer Aero, Ardmore NZ, 28 March 2018

Steven Cox and Paul McSweeny run this small business which punches above its weight in rural New Zealand. During our tour of the North Island, Aviation Report were welcomed through the doors of Pioneer...