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US Air Force cancels major air show in Germany - Stars and Stripes | Participation by USAFE-AFAFRICA aircraft, however, at two popular international aircraft shows this spring is still under review, Agnew said. Those are the Royal International Air Tattoo in Britain and the Paris Air Show.

Air Show Cancelled Due to Sequestration - Patch.com | Joint Base Charleston officials have cancelled this year's Air Expo due to the mandatory and drastic cuts to defense spending known as sequestration, according to a press release issued Monday. The Air Expo was originally scheduled for early June.

A Final Tribute to SSG Eric Holman from US Army Golden Knights by wfallin | As the Golden Knight Demonstration and Tandem sections arrive at Homestead, FL, we begin to prepare for the new season to represent America’s Army. However, before we begin, we recognize one last tribute from 2012. As most followers know, Staff Sergeant Eric Holman, a 4 year member of the Gold Demonstration Team, was killed this past August, by an enemy improvised explosive device in Afghanistan....

Last flying B-29 Superfortress lands in San Diego - fox5sandiego.com | The Commemorative Air Force AirPower History Tour is open until 6:30 p.m. on Monday and from 9:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday. Admission is $10 per person or $20 per family. Plane cockpit tours are free with admission and flights ...

Leuchars set to keep its airshow - The Courier | A spokesman for RAF Leuchars said: “I can confirm we are having an airshow this year. “No decisions have been taken on its future.” However, it is thought there could have been a rethink after Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced that runways at ...

Treasure trove unveiled at Fantasy of Flight from General Aviation News | POLK CITY, Fla. — Everyone likes to go behind the scenes and get a glimpse of what happens “behind the curtain”… Now, at Fantasy of Flight, the curtains have been thrown open and guests can see what was previously off limits — an additional 20,000 square feet filled with more rare and vintage aircraft, aircraft parts and flight artifacts....

First AF woman 4-star comes full circle from Air Force Link Top Stories | ...Commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1980, she has spent most of her career in the acquisition field, leaving her imprint on the purchase, testing and implementation of the F-22 Raptor, the B-2 Spirit and the C-17 Globemaster III programs. She went on to earn a master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in aeronautics and astronautics....

Canadian Warplane Heritage unveils exhibit dedicated to Canadian women pilots - Canadian Skies | The Women of Aviation Worldwide week wrapped up on Sunday, March 10, at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ont., with the unveiling of an exhibit dedicated to Canadian women in aviation. Guest speaker at the event was Canadian ...

Notable women in aviation history - San Jose Mercury News | Here are some notable women in aviation history: 1906: E. Lillian Todd of the United States becomes the first woman to design and build an aircraft. 1908: Therese Peltier of France becomes the first woman to pilot an aircraft. 1910: Raymonde de Laroche...

Ginny Wood dies at 95 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner | FAIRBANKS — Virginia “Ginny” Hill Wood led a life of adventure beginning at a young age leading horseback trips in her native Washington state, bicycling through pre-war Europe in 1938, serving as a WASP pilot during World War II, building Camp Denali and leading wilderness treks....

Girls take flight in free Women in Aviation Week program - San Jose Mercury News | Dozens of East Bay teenage girls took to the skies Sunday in small personal aircrafts, flying thousands of feet above the Earth to experience aviation firsthand during Women of Aviation Worldwide Week. "It was fun -- it looked like a big giant board ...

Fred Nelson reflects on World War II - Newton Daily News | His training allowed him to travel across the county, and he eventually became a ball turret gunner on a B-17 aircraft. “I went to Sheppard Field, Texas, for basic training,” Nelson said. “I went to College Training Detachment in Johnsburg, Ark., and ...

Tiger Five from Apron 6 | A Belgian tiger today. One of the best tiger paints on our F-16′s that I have seen so far. I’m quite lucky with this picture as the pilot is making a tiger move while taxiing. I tried to edit it with a HDR touch, but the paint scheme was ruined so I sticked to the [...]

Record Holding Albatross Retires to Hiller Aviation Museum from Featured by Herb Foreman | The Grumman Albatross on the runway at the Hiller Aviation Museum. (Hiller Aviation Museum)Reid Dennis, venture capitalist and charter jet operator has donated his beautiful Grumman Albatross to the Hiller Aviation Museum at the San Carlos (Calif.) Airport. The Albatross will...

Round Engines in Rolla: Ramp Walk With the Radial Warbirds from The Aero Experience - Celebrating Midwest Aviation by Carmelo Turdo | ...On the ramp were a 1954 Grumman S2F-1 Tracker and a 1944 Douglas C-47 Skytrain, both locally owned. On the other side of the runway, though were the sad remains of three more DC-3/C-47 aircraft practically destroyed by severe storms several years ago....

Earl Adkisson's Atwood Hangar Partially Disassembled from Antique Airfield News | Progress was made in Atwood Illinois on moving Earl Adkisson's hangar to Blakesburg this past weekend. Aaron Klugherz and Ben Taylor left AAA/APM headquarters midday Friday and drove to Atwood. Saturday morning dawned with...

US Air Force accidently releases pic of Area 51 from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic Perry | Top spot from my US colleague Stephen Trimble here. On the face of it, the photo - very nice though it is - shows a Lockheed Martin F-22 flying over the Nevada desert on Exercise Red Flag. So much, so what. But as Trimble points out,...

Mystery drone emerges from the sea in the Gulf of Oman. American, Israeli or …. Iranian? from David Cenciotti's weblog | The following image shows a drone reportedly recovered by the...

EAA 1358 on a Roll from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | DOTHAN AL- "We had a successful Young Eagle Rally last Saturday that included our usual fare of "Flying, Food, and Fellowship" says EAA member Bill Castlen, "Our ground support team is growing in numbers and experience." We were very pleased to recruit Rick Rehm, a Cairns Approach Control Supervisor and Marius Heersink, a 17 year old newly minted Private Pilot. Heersink has volunteered to advocate the Young Eagle Program to other High School students.