Slightly more than half a century ago, a new U. S. Air Force mission – that of a high importance – was assigned to a handful of pilots and electronic warfare officers. Their mission was to offer a solution to the critical task of defeating the newest and very lethal Soviet Bloc SA-2 anti-aircraft missiles […]
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Tags: F-100, F-105, F-16, F-35, F-4, Wild Weasel 
Comments Off on The USAF Wild Weasel Mission Surpasses Fifty YearsStory and Photos by Steve Lewis As many shows as I go to each year, there are none I look forward to more than the Planes of Fame Airshow in Chino, California. The POF museum boasts an incredible collection of flyable aircraft. During their annual airshow, they put the majority of them in the sky […]
Posted in airshows, Bombers, Museums, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy Tags: AD-1, Air FOrce Heitage Flight, F-16, F-86, F4U, F6F, F7F, FG-1D, MiG-15, P-26, P-38, P-40, P-51, Pearl Harbor, PT-17, PT-22, Ross and Bud Granley, Sean D. Tucker, T-33, TBM, YAK Comments Off on 2016 Planes of Fame Air Show, Chino CaliforniaArticle written by Beau Goff Photo Credits: Beau Goff and Jared Black Each September at a small, nondescript airport north of Reno, Nevada, a unique, amazing and unmatched aviation event occurs. Only here can spectators enjoy world class air racing, a breathtaking airshow, and a magnificent static display. The National Championship Air Races, held every […]
Posted in airshows, Racers Tags: Air Races at the Reno‐Stead Airfield, Argonaut, Commemorative Air Force, David Martin, DeHavilland Vampire, Dennis Sanders, Dreadnaught, F-15, F-16, F-22, Grumman Bearcat, Hawker Sea Fury, L-39 Albatross, P-51 Berlin Express, P-51 Mustang, Pearl Harbor, Presious Metal, Rare Bear, Robert "Hoot" Gibson, Strega, T-6 Class, Thom Richard, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Unlimited Class, Voodoo, World War II Comments Off on National Championship Air Races, 2015Not 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 […]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: 4105th Army Air Force Unit, Aerospace, Air Force, aircraft, Aircraft Storage Depot, AMARC, AMARG, Arizona, Army, B-29, Boneyard, C-47, Century Series, Coast Guard, Davis-Monthan, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Davis-Monthan Field, Disposition, Disposition Center, F-100, F-101, F-102, F-105, F-106, F-14, F-14s, F-15, F-16, F-18s, F-4, F-4s, F-8, Ken Kula, Marines, MASDC, Military, Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, NAS Litchfield Park, Navy, Pearl Harbor, Regeneration, Regeneration Group, Sonoran Desert, Tucson, U.S. Air Force, U.S. military, United States, weapons systems Comments Off on MASDC, AMARC, AMARG… Some Snapshots in Time; Fighters Part 1