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• Red Flag 14-2

  In air force, bombers, Exercises, military / 5 March 2014 / Comments are Disabled

  

  Nellis AFB is hosting Red Flag 14-2. The increase in military aircraft activity began March 3rd and runs through March 14th. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air, space, and cyber forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is hosted north of Las Vegas on the Nevada Test and Training Range. The 414th

  

• Willow Run Bomber Plant Needs Your Help

  In air force, bombers, military, museums, news, warbirds / 27 August 2013 / 3 comments

  

  There is an effort at the Yankee Air Museum to save part of the Willow Run Bomber Plant.  Their currently trying to raise funds to save a portion of the old Ford plant that produced B-24 bombers during World War II at the rate of one per hour.  This plant employed 40,000 workers during World War II. Willow run produced

  

• Golden Hill

  In bombers, fighters, museums, warbirds / 13 April 2013 / 2 comments

  

  Mark Hrutkay People love to look inside things, inside a locked closet.  In the attic.  Inside a locked safe.   For fliers and aviation historians for some reason closed hangars are more interesting than open ones.  I was fortunate growing up, I had a father who liked to do the same thing.  He’d pull the hangar door open a crack and

  

• Valiant Air Command Show 2013

  In bombers, demo teams, fighters, warbirds / 12 April 2013 / 4 comments

  

  The Valiant Air Command kicks off the warbird season with a great show every spring.  For well over 30 years they have gathered enthusiasts and warplanes to Titusville Florida for one of the longest running events in aviation. This year there was a very different event happening.  The lack of a budget at the Federal level left the Thunderbirds without

  

• Red Flag 13-3

  In air force, bombers, fighters, military / 3 April 2013 / 2 comments

  

  Red Flag 13-3 was held at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada, from Feb. 25 to March 15, 2013. While twenty-nine different countries have participated in Red Flag exercises since 1975, this particular Red Flag was a tier 3 exercise, which is restricted to America’s closest allies. The Royal Air Force contingent of the exercise was provided by XI

  

• Hawaii’s Military Aviation Heritage on Display

  In bombers, fighters, museums, navy, warbirds / 4 March 2013 / 4 comments

  

  The Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor is located aboard Ford Island, at Pearl Harbor.  Within its’ pair of hangars and ramp area, a wide-ranging collection of aircraft and artifacts presents aviation heritage with a mainly military, decidedly Hawaiian flavor stretching from the beginning of  World War II through to today.  The Museum is set inside two historic Navy buildings, known