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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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Airshow / demo teams / fighters / military

16 Oct, 2017

Airshow London’s 2017 Arrival Day

Airshow London has become a Phoenix rising from the ashes, a solid, medium-sized air show that focuses on military aircraft both in the air and on the ground. Not overcrowded by hundreds of thousands...

Air to air photography / featured

14 Oct, 2017

Jim “Hazy” Haseltine – Don’t Let the Call Sign Fool You!

Jim “Hazy” Haseltine has captured many of the world’s most stunning air to air photos of military aircraft. A lot of planning and technical expertise go into his finished products that you’ll see here...

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11 Oct, 2017

Nevada Aerospace Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony

A successful evening of old friends, new friends, honoring aviation pioneers at the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Hugh ‘Slip’ Slater of the 1129th Special Activities Squadron at Area 51; Lou Schalk,...

Airshow / EAA / Helicopters / Marines / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy / warbirds

10 Oct, 2017

2017’s Wings Over Camarillo Air Show

Every August, a wonderful air show takes place at the Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California. With beautiful blue skies, moderate temperatures, a nice cool sea breeze, and sunlight that stays behind you the entire...

Airshow / bombers / fighters / museums

5 Oct, 2017

OHTM’s 2017 “Rally” Event

Here’s a riddle: How many tires would there be in one place in Maine, if you gathered a half dozen aircraft and eighty vintage cars, motorcycles and trucks for an air and auto show?...

Air National Guard / Airshow / demo teams / fighters / military / museums / U.S. Air Force / USAF Thunderbirds / Viet Nam / warbirds / World War II

2 Oct, 2017

Westfield International Air Show 2017

The 104th Fighter Wing, “Barnstormers”, of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, are based at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport, near Springfield, Massachusetts. The Wing hosted a fabulous Air Show on Saturday and Sunday, August 11th and...

Airshow / Blue Angels / bombers / fighters / military / oshkosh / Special Aviation Events / warbirds

26 Sep, 2017

EAA AirVenture 2017 Scrapbook from Oshkosh!

Here are a few photos from our team which attended the huge aviation party known as the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Keep in mind, this is just a small collection of thousands of...

Airshow / USAF Thunderbirds

16 Sep, 2017

Thunderbirds Roar Over the Atlantic City Boardwalk in 2017

America’s Ambassadors in Blue, The United States Air Force Thunderbirds, arrived in New Jersey for Thunder Over The Boardwalk ahead of a rare North American celestial event. On Monday, August 21, 2017, the team...

Airshow / New England / Special Events

15 Sep, 2017

The Hidden Gem of the Narragansett Beach RI Air Show

The 2017 Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show was held during the weekend of May 20-21st – a Saturday and Sunday event. A lesser-known preamble to the show is a gem of...

Air National Guard / bombers / fighters / Liasion Aircraft / Medical transport / Red Flag / Trainers / Transports / U.S. Air Force / warbirds

13 Sep, 2017

The U.S. Air Force is Seventy Years Old

Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird The United States Air Force will celebrate the seventieth anniversary of its founding on September 18, 2017. Seventy years of aviation history is hard to imagine, there is no way we could...