Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona is home to the United States military’s storage and regeneration center for warplanes. I was privileged to have the opportunity to visit the facility on multiple occasions during the 1980s, 1990s, and the early 2000s and have seen many relics and historic aircraft that don’t exist today. […]
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Mojave Warbirds From Three Decades Ago
Posted by Ken Kula on March 27th, 2021
QF-100Fs Mojave, California can boast of having one of the most interesting airports in the world. While it is a civilian-owned and operated airport, it sees more than a normal share of warbird operations too… I was fortunate to be able to take three trips to the airport in the 1990s during some “aviation-overload” weekends […]
The Perfect “10” of an Aircraft
Posted by Mike Colaner on August 30th, 2020
Forty years and one day after it made its maiden flight, the Air Force has finally flown its first KC-10 west to the boneyard.
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Comments Off on The Perfect “10” of an AircraftFairbanks, Alaska 2004 trip
Posted by Ken Kula on May 23rd, 2020
Former Texas Air National Guard Convair C-131B It has been almost sixteen full years years since I made a magical trip from New Hampshire to Fairbanks, Alaska. My main reason was to report on the Indian Air Force’s first deployment to Alaska, to participate in the 2004 Cooperative Cope Thunder exercise. Of course, there was […]
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