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1 May, 2017

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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30 Oct, 2016

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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14 Mar, 2016

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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26 Oct, 2015

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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17 Aug, 2015

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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16 Jun, 2015

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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23 Mar, 2015

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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Aerobatics / Air Transports / Helicopters / warbirds

16 Oct, 2021

The 40th Anniversary Geneseo Airshow – The Incomplete Story

Also known as The Greatest Show on Turf, The National Warplane Museum titled their 40th Anniversary airshow, “Operation Thanks from Above”, which took place on July 10th and 11th, 2021. This represented a carryover...

Aerobatics / Air Transports / Airliners / Blue Angels / Civil aviation / demo teams / fighters / Helicopters / Medical transport / military / RCAF Snowbirds / Tankers / Trainers / Transports / U.S. Navy

16 Oct, 2021

Airshow London’s Sky Drive 2021

The “Sky Drive” format, introduced by Airshow London in 2020, returned for another successful show on August 27-29, 2021. In 2020, when most of the airshows were canceled, those that were held typically featured...

Aerial Refueling / Air National Guard / Boeing / post / Tankers

9 Oct, 2021

The New Hampshire Air National Guard Celebrates The Last of Their Dozen KC-46A Deliveries

The New Hampshire Air National Guard’s 157th Air Refueling Wing reached a milestone recently as their final Boeing KC-46A Pegasus was delivered to their base at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, on the...

military / post / U.S. Navy

8 Oct, 2021

Spending my Birthday at TOPGUN

With the National Championship of Air Races being canceled in year 2019, we were more than excited to get back to Reno when the news that the 2021 races would go on….Joe and I...

Aerobatics / Airshow / Aviation History / fighters / Formation Flying / U.S. Air Force / USAF Thunderbirds

2 Oct, 2021

The Thunderbirds Are Back With Their First New Demonstration in Nearly Forty Years

The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds are back with their first new demonstration in nearly forty years. The Thunderbirds describe their 2021 demonstration as “Where Grace Meets Power.” According to...

Aerial Refueling / Air National Guard / Air Transports / Airbus / Airshow / Army National Guard / Aviation History / Boeing / EAA / fighters / Helicopters / military / Military Special Operations / Tankers / Trainers / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Navy

2 Oct, 2021

Military Aircraft on Display at the 2021 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

There were more military aircraft than normal displayed at Oshkosh this year. Some performed in the air, many more were parked as static displays on the grounds. After a strangely quiet year at...

Air National Guard / Airshow / Helicopters / military / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Coast Guard / USAF Thunderbirds

25 Sep, 2021

Atlantic City, NJ Airshow 2021

Story by Daniel O Myers, Photos by Daniel O. Myers and Richard Roth Just about every aspect of American life has been affected by the scourge of Covid-19. Not the least of which had...

Airshow / Civil aviation / EAA / LSAs / Ultralights

25 Sep, 2021

No Longer Lightweights, LSAs and Ultralights Command Heavy Interest at AirVenture 2021

To me, “Ultralight” used to mean a non-traditional type of aircraft… usually a single seat variety with a little engine and a structure that didn’t instill a lot of confidence. Over the past few...

Aerobatics / Air to air photography / Airports of the World / Airshow / Aviation History / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / warbirds

18 Sep, 2021

The 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Decatur, Illinois Airport

The Decatur Illinois Airport celebrated its 75th anniversary by holding the first airshow in 25 years. I was asked to be the official photographer. It was a great show, with three and a half...

air force / Airshow / Special Aviation Events / Special Color Schemes

18 Sep, 2021

JASDF 50th Anniversary Photo Album

The 50th Anniversary of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force occurred in 2004. Masaki Komatsu shares some of the colors from that year here, in a scrapbook. You can hover over the photo to check...

Air National Guard / Airshow / EAA / military / Military Special Operations / U.S. Air Force

11 Sep, 2021

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Aircraft at EAA’s AirVenture 2021

EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 featured a great deal of American military aircraft. Between active military airplanes, helicopters, UAVs and their crews, plus warbirds – which are retired military aircraft now owned and operated by...

Air Transports / Airliners / Airshow / Aviation History / EAA / Humanitarian Aid

11 Sep, 2021

THIS IS NO ORDINARY MD-10-30

On March 27th, 1973, McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF, MSN 46800/Line number 96 and registered N101TV of Trans International Airlines took to the sky for the first time. This would be the 96th DC-10 to roll...