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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Our A-10 Thunderbolt II Scrapbook
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is an attack and close air support jet operated exclusively by the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard. The twin engines are in pods...
Our Special Use Lockheed C-130 Photo Scrapbook
The original YC-130 prototype first flew on August 23, 1954… that means we’re coming up on the 67th anniversary of the event. Originally designed as a cargo and troop transport with medivac mission capabilities,...
Looking Back, the 2007 Otis ANGB Air Show
The 2007 air show at the Otis Air National Guard Base (located near Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod) was the last of its kind. The following year, the tenant 102nd Fighter Wing of the...
Special Military Color Schemes, Volume #2
This is the second of many volumes of specially painted military aircraft photos from our Photorecon.net photographer team. You can hover over each photo for an overview of the aircraft type, operator and/or...
Remembering the Doolittle Raid
One week and seventy-nine years ago, a formation of U.S. Army Air Force North American B-25 Mitchell bombers launched off of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet to deliver a counter-attack against Imperial Japanese Forces....
Looking Back, the 2008 Rhode Island International Air Show
The 2008 Rhode Island International Air Show was a wide-ranging celebration of military and civilian aviation. Some of the highlights were: the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows were completing their North American Tour,...
The Red Arrows: Ambassadors of the Royal Air Force & the United Kingdom
With a thundering roar, nine red and white jets streak overhead from behind the airshow crowd. The jets trail patriotic red, white, and blue smoke as they climb skyward with the crowd craning their...
Airline Colors, Scrapbook #1
We’re at the beginning of a new monthly feature on our sister publication CivilAviationWorld.com featuring airline color schemes of the past and present. The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated most airline operations in 2020 and...
A Look Back: The 2017 Defenders of Liberty Air Show
Before I was a Media Contributor, I was an avid air show photographer attending 8 to 10 shows a season. In addition to my annual driving-distance shows, I would take one trip that was...
THE ROI OF THE B-2 SPIRIT STEALTH BOMBER
THE ROI OF THE B-2 SPIRIT STEALTH BOMBER -A Transformative and Impactful Public Private Partnership- By George A. Haloulakos, CFA, MBA George A. Haloulakos, CFA, is a university instructor, author and entrepreneur. His...
Special Military Color Schemes, Volume #1
This is the first of many volumes of specially painted military aircraft photos from our Photorecon.net photographers team. You can hover over each photo for an overview of the aircraft type, operator and/or special...
My Trip to MCAS Kaneohe Bay and Hawaii in 2007
Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay is located on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor, the original aviation facilities were built for Navy PBY Catalina patrol...
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