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May 28, 2018

Airpower Over Hampton Roads 2018

The 2018 edition of Airpower over Hampton Roads was held at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia, May 18th through the 20th. The weather forecast for the area was awful due to a stalled front. Due to the rain...

featured / Interviews / nasa / space

November 20, 2015

Dr.Sky and Photorecon Fly Aboard NASA’s SOFIA Aircraft

For the longest time, mankind has reached for the stars by building larger and larger telescopes to peer out into the vast unknown! The major problem for all telescope designs is being able to cut through the Earth’s thick...

legends / nasa

November 6, 2015

Gary Powers Jr. and the “Bridge of Spies”

As you drive down the mountain on RT23 from the Virginia border in south west Virginia, a part of the state that most people around the Washington DC area don’t even know exists, you go through the small town...

Air National Guard / Airshow / demo teams / nasa / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Army / U.S. Navy / warbirds

October 24, 2015

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.” The celebration was an opportunity...

air force / military / nasa / tribute

May 5, 2015

Setting the Record Straight…55th Anniversary of the U-2 Incident

Setting the Record Straight By Francis Gary Powers, Jr. May 1, 2015 55th Anniversary of the U-2 Incident 55 years after my father was shot down over the former Soviet Union I still find it interesting that people who...

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April 1, 2015

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 acres, or 10.4 sq. km,...

air force / bombers / Interviews / nasa / space

August 3, 2014

The Greatest Test Pilot You’ve Never Heard Of

As a member of the media, I get to do some very exciting interviews with some incredible people! For well over 15 years, I have been working on an archive to tell the story of many of those that...

air force / Interviews / nasa / space

July 30, 2014

Tribute To Maj. Pete Knight / The X-15 Reaching Mach 6.72

The X-15 project, was one of the most amazing aerospace projects of all time! The technology of the 1960’s, helped to push a select number of pilots, “Astronauts”, to the edge of space! One of the pilots, was Maj....