Robert “Bob” Finch, is an aviation photographer and historian (and frequent contributor to this web site), who lived in New York State, north of New York City, during the 1950s. Before he reached his teen years, his father gave him a film camera, and Bob began taking pictures of airplanes. He still does it today, although he’s […]
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Late 1950’s Stewart Air Force Base Through Robert Finch’s Eyes
Posted by Ken Kula on June 29th, 2015
Posted in airshows 
Tags: ADC, Air Defense Command, B-25, B-29, C-123, C-131, C-45, C-47, C-54, C-97, CF-100, EC-121, F-101, F-102, F-86D, F-89, F-94, New York City, Nike, P2V, Robert Finch, S-2, Stewart Air Force Base, T-33 
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Posted by Ken Kula on December 6th, 2014
Not sure what these acronyms stand for? Here’s a more common nickname for these titles – the Boneyard. As in today’s 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (that’s AMARG), which occupies a large parcel of land on Tucson AZ’s Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Most of the U.S. military’s surplus aircraft are stored here, either for […]
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