The CH-53 was developed in the early 1960s as a fast, all-weather and heavy transport helicopter for the United States Marine Corps. The German Bundeswehr bought 112 of these transport helicopters beginning in 1972, which...
The staff of the Roadrunners Internationale association regrets having to inform the aviation community of the final flight of Dutch 52, James D. “Jim” Eastham. Jim Eastham, known in aviation circles under the Codename...
Setting the Record Straight By Francis Gary Powers, Jr. May 1, 2015 55th Anniversary of the U-2 Incident 55 years after my father was shot down over the former Soviet Union I still find...
The movie “Top Gun” made the F-14 Tomcat famous to most everyone. In 1997, after Naval Air Station Miramar was transferred to the United States Marine Corps, all F-14 Tomcats were moved to the...
On 7 Jan 2015 we met up with Joerg Arnu in Rachel, NV. He met us at the A Le Inn and we followed him to his place. As good little Beer Commandos, we...
Men become attached, even grow to love certain non-human things, like a Cowboy to his horse, it was the same with the U.S. Marines and their Boeing Vertol CH-46 (Sea Knight) helicopters . First...
“Quod Erat Demonstrandum”, a Latin phrase which translates into English as “what was to be proved” has a universally accepted acronym: “Q.E.D.”. This is attributed to the Greek mathematician Euclid… and Euclidean geometry. It...
In the aviation world there are those that prefer to do artwork. Doing side views like this is called a ‘profile’. This is my first attempt at doing such artwork. Every one knows I...
Photorecon along with Strategic-Beer-Command took a trip today to pay respect to a fallen airman Walter L. Ray. Walter Ray was a civilian pilot for the CIA flying it’s then classified Lockheed A-12 Oxcart....
Every pilot has a last flight. Some will know this is THE last flight before takeoff and others simply will not. Roger Peterson’s last flight was on February 3, 1959 and when he took...
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