Aviation Heritage Park Getting "Blue Angels" Jet – WBKO | It's a vintage F-9F Panther, just like the one Kentucky aviator Johnny Magda flew when he commanded the Blue Angels in 1950. Magda was also a World War II ...
24th Annual Central Texas Air show takes off in Temple - News 8 Austin | The pilots at the Central Texas air show have only one goal: to please the crowd with their tricks and stunts from up above. Carl Falcione is with the Viper ...
Doolittle Raider Reunion from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing | It was an honor to be a part of history this month. "Miss Mitchell", along with 16 other B-25s, overflew the USAF Museum, and were able to meet, chat and dine with 4 of the remaining Doolittle Raiders (out of 8). This gathering was larger than any in recent history, equal to that of the filming of Catch-22! The pictures speak for themselves. What a trip!...Historic bomber a loud and spectacular warbird - ReporterNews.com | The plane was one of several in town this weekend for the Big Country AirFest at Dyess Air Force Base. A World War II-era B-25 from the Commemorative Air ...
Aviation Days land at Lunken - The WWII B-25 bomber "Yankee Warrior" flies during Aviation Days at Lunken Airport. Get up close to jets, warbirds, sport airplanes and the people who fly, repair and control them during Lunken Airport Aviation Days, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Lunken Airport, 262 Wilmer Ave., East End. Planes on display include a historic B-25 World War II bomber, "Yankee Warrior," to commemorate this year's final reunion of the famous Doolittle Tokyo Raiders…
Pilot is reunited with his WWII Spitfire in London - A pilot has been reunited with a part of a Spitfire he flew in World War II after it was found in Canada. Wing Cdr Peter Ayerst signed the piece of the aircraft, which he piloted on a test flight in 1945, at an event in Biggin Hill, south-east London. The 89-year-old, from Westcliff, Essex, recalled "many hairy moments" he had flying Spitfires during WWII…
Red Bull Air Force - He's been known to fly in formation with former Red Bull Air Race World Champion Kirby Chambliss – though while Kirby pilots his Zivko Edge 540, ...Nimrod arrives at Bruntingthorpe from Aeroplane Monthly News | Nimrod XV226 made its final flight from RAF Kinloss in Northern Scotland to Bruntingthorpe Airfield in Leicestershire on Tuesday 27th April where it joins the Cold War Jets Collection. See it landing on video!..
The Aviators Army / PBS Email Campaign / Our Next Winner Is... - The Aviators will be distributed to all 356 affiliates this September and it is expected that many of them will begin airing the series right away while many others will find a time slot for the series over the following few months. Our goal for Austin is to ensure that all station managers and program directors (1) know what The Aviators is about, (2) know when it will be available to them, and (3) to let them know that our army of fans wants them to run the series sooner than later in their respective markets. The show has already been premiered to a PBS audience at the PBS Technical Conference last month in Las Vegas, NV where the show was reported to be "the hit of the conference" so we already have a very good head start!...
Air Combat Command opens access to social media sites from Air Combat Command - ACC Headlines by acc.pai@langley.af.mil (Air Combat Command opens access to social media sites) Starting May 1, bases across Air Combat Command will have access to more than 30 social media websites. The decision to allow open access to the sites was based on a Department of Defense directive published in February, where officials highlighted the capabilities of social media. Testing began March 30 at five Pacific Air Force bases. The implementation schedule remained on time, and Air Force Space Command, Air Education and Training Command and Air Mobility Command bases began providing access to social media sites April 26.
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Downed U-2 Pilot's Son on Own Mission from http://www.military.com/ - Fifty years ago Saturday, U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down while flying a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union, a dramatic episode of the Cold War that pushed the rival superpowers closer to confrontation. Now his son has come to Moscow on a mission of his own: By telling his late father's story, he hopes to help preserve Cold War history and prevent future generations of Russians and Americans from ever again facing the threat of nuclear war.
Around the Hangar - Finishing Up Maintenance from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing | Okay, so maintenance will never be finished, but we are rolling the aircraft out from a maintenance heavy winter, and have begun to operate some of them. This set of pictures covers the last month of work, and it was a LOT of work! Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen!..
Hangar Sale from CAF Minnesota Wing Blog by Commemorative Air Force, MN Wing | This is our second year of a Hangar Sale for the community. People are welcomed to bring in their goods and sell them, and the membership gathers up things that are no longer needed and sells it off. Last year saw a huge profit due to hardware that was for sale. This year, we didn't have as much for sale, but that didn't stop us from making a decent profit, and have some fun!..
New LASP proposal set to travel from www.ainonline.com : Latest News by Curt Epstein | The Transportation Security Administration has completed the revision of the large aircraft security program (LASP) and the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking is set to begin its circuit to the Department of Homeland Security and Office of Management and Budget for review, according to the agency…
Touching History . . . from Aerographs Blog by admin | As a fan of history, it is not often that one has the opportunity to "touch" history. And yet, I had the rare chance to do just that last week, when I photographed several WWII aviation artifacts in a private collection. They belong to my friend and P-51 Mustang fighter ace, Bob "Punchy" Powell. Having lived through the dark days of WWII, he has since amassed quite a collection of memorabilia, including several items I'd never seen before…
UP Aerospace rocket launch in NM to be webcast from RLV and Space Transport News | A message from the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium about next week's launch of a UP Aerospace SpaceLoft XL vehicle with student payloads at Spaceport America: Education Launch to be Webcast Live at LaunchNM.com - LAS CRUCES, NM – The New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC) is planning to webcast the Second Annual Education Launch live from Spaceport America on Tuesday, May 4. The UP Aerospace SL-4 rocket is scheduled to launch at 6 a.m. MDT, and will be seen live on the Internet at the NMSGC website (www.launchnm.com/the_launch.php) via Ustream, a leading live interactive broadcast platform…
May 1 from Cut and Paste Aviation by KenInfinite
2003 -- The Operation Northern Watch mission ended. Between Jan. 1, 1997 and the final Northern Watch sorties on March 17, 2003. More than 100,000 American, British, Turkish and French airmen had rotated through Incirlik AB, Turkey, to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution north of the 36th parallel in Iraq.
2003 -- U.S. President George W. Bush declared the major combat operations in Iraq to be over on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in a speech before 5,000 crewmembers.
1999 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command mobilized its first units to support Operation Allied Force. Eventually the command called six tanker wings and one rescue wing to active duty.
1999 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command mobilized its first units to support Operation Allied Force. Eventually the command called six tanker wings and one rescue wing to active duty.
