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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Wings over Illawarra 2016 – A Parade of Allies!
The Historic Aircraft Restoration Society operates its museum, dominated by the B747-400 VH-OJA, at Illawarra regional Airport, Albion Park, New South Wales. In Cooperation with the museum, Bright Events have managed Wings over Illawarra...
AMARG (309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Tucson, Arizona)
In March 2015 I was in Tucson once again and was able to spend a day in the area of the 309th AMARG. The third largest Air Force in the world sits here on 2,600...
F-111 Aardvark in Europe
During the Cold War, the United States based the EF-111A/F-111E & F-111F with the 20th & 48th TFW in the United Kingdom. While the 20th TFW received the F-111E and later the EF-111A Raven,...
Lakenheath´s Strike Eagles
The 48th FW is home-based at the largest US Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. 4,600 active soldiers and 900 civilians from the UK are working and caring for 50 F-15E Strike Eagles...
Peter Boschert at Edwards AFB / U.S. Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base, in the beginning it was named Muroc Army Air Field and later renamed Muroc Army Air Force Base, Finally it was named on 08th December 1949 after test pilot Glen...
