2016’s Summer of Flags
From July 11-29, and from August 15-26, 2016, the United States Air Force’s 414th Combat Training Squadron hosted a pair of ‘Red Flag’ exercises at Nellis Air Force Base just outside Las Vegas, Nevada....
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Joint Base Andrews 2015 Air Show
Government budget cuts and a federal sequestration precipitated a four year suspension to the Joint Base Andrews air show. Returning with renewed enthusiasm, the theme for 2015 was “America’s Airfield: Celebrating History, Celebrating Freedom.”...
Cutting Edge Interoperability Honed at Northern Edge 2015
Large scale live training and experimentation between two or more branches of American military service – Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Air Force – is a rare opportunity in the real world....
Red Flag 15-1 marks ‘Forty Years of Flag’
Forty years ago the United States Air Force needed to improve their success rate in aerial combat over Vietnam, where it had fallen from 10:1 during the Korean conflict, to lower than 1:1 at times,...
Dr.Sky Interviews Author Bill Yenne / AREA 51 Black Jets / A History Of The Aircraft Developed At Groom Lake, America’s Secret Aviation Base
Recently; I had the honor of interviewing Bill Yenne, a well known figure in the aviation community. He is a popular author and we spent some time discussing his new book, AREA 51 BLACK...
Bill Yoak has Gone West
Earlier this morning on March 12, 2013, WIlliam Yoak of Lewisburg, West Virginia went west to join generations of aviators. Bill wasn’t someone who’s name popped up in magazines everyday, but he made...
USAF Mission Employment Phase 2012
December 1st, as darkness fell over Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada, the familiar sound of fighter aircraft firing up could be heard across the base. Aircraft of all shapes and sizes were...
Dr. Sky interviews SR-71 Pilot Colonel Richard Graham – USAF Retired
In June of 1986 Colonel Graham was selected to be the Vice Wing Commander, 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (SRW), Beale AFB, California. In that capacity, he was able to fly all of the wing’s...
Lightning Strikes Sacramento!
Living on the East Coast, I always look forward to attending West Coast air shows, for they usually contain a totally different group of aircraft than those I routinely see. The 2010 California Capital...
