Tagged: Jr.

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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November 22, 2013

2013 COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Aviation Expo a Big (Non-Towered) Hit!

More than 6,000 attendees, volunteers, vendors and pilots enjoyed a wide variety of aircraft at the 2013 COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Aviation Expo — the 41st annual event’s first year as a non-towered operation. CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. (Nov. 20,...

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July 28, 2012

Gail Peck – “Legends in Aviation” Radio Intervew

The line up of Legends will include Colonel (Ret.) Gaillard (Gail) R. Peck Jr. (call-sign “EVIL”). Col Peck will be discussing his involvement in the the CONSTANT PEG program, working with the support of General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Jr., and under conditions...

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July 14, 2012

AFFTC re-designated as Air Force Test Center

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Flight Test Center re-designation as the Air Force Test Center was officially recognized during a ceremony here July 13. As part of the same ceremony, the 95th Air Base Wing...

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June 8, 2011

Nellis Weapons School ME Phase 11A

On June 8th, an Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle accelerated down the runway in front of a small group of photographers and videographers, on the first ever media day for a ME Phase. We were escorted out to the...

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May 16, 2011

A Reunion of Legends

On April 14, 2011 VMA 214 Black Sheep hosted a historic squadron reunion at MCAS Yuma. The reunion was attended by three of the five remaining original Black Sheep Squadron members (Ed Harper, Jim Hill, and Harry Johnson). In...