On Friday, March 8th, 2019, the United States Marine Corps said farewell to the venerable Grumman EA-6B Prowler and the last squadron to fly it, VMAQ-2, ‘The Death Jesters”. This was truly an end of two eras. The Aircraft The Grumman EA-6B Prowler has a direct lineage from the A-6 Intruder attack aircraft. From an […]
Archive for March, 2019
Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler Sunset and VMAQ-2 Deactivation
Posted by Shawn Byers on March 23rd, 2019
Posted in Museums, National Air and Space Museum, U.S. Marines 
Tags: "Easy 21", Disestablishment, EA-6B Prowler, Grumman, MCAS Cherry Point, National Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy Center, VMAQ-2, Washington Dulles International Airport 
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Posted by Ken Kula on March 17th, 2019
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan family encompasses dozens of variants and sub-variants. The initial prototype was known as the NA-16, which first flew in 1935. This aircraft was modified to answer a call for an advanced training aircraft for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1937. The BC (Basic Combat) and BT (Basic Trainer) […]
Posted in airshows, Trainers, warbirds Tags: Advanced Trainer, Basic Trainer, North American Aviation Comments Off on T-6/SNJ/Harvard ScrapbookWarbirds Over Wanaka – 1998
Posted by Ken Kula on March 10th, 2019
Twenty-plus years have flown by since my first and only visit (thus far) to New Zealand. My main purpose of the trip was to see the highly anticipated Polikarpov fighters, the I-153 and I-16 World War II era planes that the Alpine Fighter Collection had rebuilt in Russian factories during the mid-1990s. The show, during […]
Posted in airshows, Museums, Warbird Fighters, warbirds Tags: I-153, Polikarpov I-16, Warbirds, Warbirds Over Wanaka New Zealand 1998 Comments Off on Warbirds Over Wanaka – 1998Mustang Scrapbook
Posted by Ken Kula on March 4th, 2019
North American Aviation’s P-51 Mustang changed the course of World War II, the Korean War, and quite possibly a few more smaller conflicts. The type served in front line use for more than three decades. Over 15,000 airframes were produced, and the type served in about two dozen air forces around the world.
Posted in EAA Warbirds of America, U.S. Army, Warbird Fighters Tags: P-51 Mustang, U.S. Air National Guard, Warbirds Comments Off on Mustang Scrapbook