Lt. Col Frank Murray
Frank Murray was one of only six pilots to fly the A-12 for the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) legendary Oxcart program. Frank Murray was born into an Army family on 21 September 1930, the son of a professional Army...
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104th Fighter Wing “Mig Killer”
The 104th Fighter Wing (104 FW) is a unit of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, stationed at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts. Captain Tony “Kimo” Schiavi recounted his role, starting with the targeting plan, stating, “We got...
Cajun’s Aviation Dream
Our mission is to carry on the legacy of Maj. Stephen “Cajun” Del Bagno by helping stellar young Americans chase their own dreams to fly and pursue their passion for aviation. Maj. Stephen “Cajun” Del Bagno lived for aviation....
Super Bowl Fly Over
A Super Flyover Photorecon was invited to attend the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation media day leading up to the Super Bowl LVI game day flyover. The U.S. Air Force performs close to 1,000 flyovers a year, which serve...
Red Flag and other Air Exercises in the NTTR
This will be place holder for a future post about Red Flag Exercises.
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 have been going to the...
F-16 Demo Team “Venom”
We have been working on something special since December 2019 for the 2020 airshow season. While it was scheduled to be completed in March, due to the covid pandemic we paused production to ensure the safety of our crews,...
Aircraft Profiles – Preview 334th Fighter Squadron
Gonna throw up a preview of a Strike Eagle profile that I have been working on. 334th FS out of Seymour Johnson AFB. So members can see and comment on it. Hope you like it. Yep..it is a real...
HAI Helo-Expo 2018
The Helicopter Association International’s yearly convention (HAI Heli-Expo 2018) was held during the last week in February at the Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center. Over 17,000 attendees and 700 companies alighted in Las Vegas, and slightly over four dozen...
Nevada Aerospace Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony
A successful evening of old friends, new friends, honoring aviation pioneers at the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Hugh ‘Slip’ Slater of the 1129th Special Activities Squadron at Area 51; Lou Schalk, Lockheed Test Pilot. First to...
Dr Sky Interviews Frank Murray CIA A-12 Pilot
Dr Sky interviews Lt. Col Frank Murray who was one of the CIA pilots in Operation “Black Shield”. Frank had the distinction of being one of the pilots who over flew North Korea and took photographs back in 1968...
Reno Air Race Strega Poster
With the race quickly approaching I wanted to turn my attention to doing some art work that I always thought was cool. Aircraft caricature is not what I’m use to doing….so I started with a favorite, Strega to see...
