Keeping the Tradition Alive
As the dog days of summer come to an end in the southwestern U.S., the Arizona skies behold a flurry of activity. Aircraft owners and pilots come out of their summer slumber, or as we say out west, a...
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The Last Tomcat Cruise
The Atlantic Ocean, near the coast of Florida. One loud “bang” and the C-2A Greyhound catches one of the cables to land on the aircraft carrier “Theodore Roosevelt”. We leave the plane, a dream has become true; we’re on...
Luke Air Force Base – Pilot Training in Arizona with the 56th Fighter Wing
Luke Air Force Base is in the vicinity of Glendale and Sun City, Arizona and was named after the flying Ace of the First World War and Member of the Medal of Honor, Frank Luke. 7,500 millitary personal with...
FIGHTER TOWN USA, TOP GUN at NAS Miramar
The United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, better known as Top Gun, is the ultimate Fighter School of the United States Navy and had its home at the former Naval Air Station Miramar in Miramar, California until 1996. Miramar...
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE LAUNCHES 100TH F-35 SORTIE
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – Luke Air Force Base launched its 100th F-35A sortie at approximately noon on Tuesday. “Flying the 100th F-35A sortie at Luke is a tremendous accomplishment,” said Maj. William Andreotta, 61st Fighter Squadron chief...
Dr.Sky Conducts LIVE Radio Show At Luke AFB “Lightning In The Desert”
Dr.Sky, had the honor of doing his other radio show, A CALL TO RIGHTS, heard on the big Independent Talk 1100 AM/ KFNX, out of Phoenix,Az., on Saturday March 15th 2014. This, in honor of the Luke AFB 2014,...
Luke Air Force Base Top Choice for F-35 Training Center
NEW DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORT CONFIRMS LUKE AFB AS AIR FORCES’S TOP CHOICE FOR F-35 TRAINING CENTER GLENDALE, Ariz. – Luke Air Force Base remains the Air Force’s preferred location for its new F-35A training center, according to a...
Forty Eight Hours at Yuma’s WTI
Whoever wrote those song lyrics “it never rains in southern California” had it wrong (trivia answer below)… I fought rain for the first hour and a half of a three hour drive from San Diego CA to Yuma, AZ. ...
POF High Country Fly-In 2010 – Valle, AZ
Each June, warbirds take to the sky over the Valle Airport in Arizona’s High Country near the Grand Canyon when Planes of Fame Air Museum hosts its annual High Country Warbirds Fly-in. A number of the aircraft on display...
