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New Video Highlights The Last Flights of Antonov An-225 Mriya

Last February, the world lost an engineering marvel when Russian forces attacked and destroyed the sole Antonov An-225 “Mriya” at Hostomel Airport (GML) near Kyiv, Ukraine. The company that chartered…

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Military Transport

How The YC-15 Led To The C-17’s Success

In 1968, the U. S. Air Force issued a Request for Proposals for an Advanced Medium Short Takeoff and Landing Transport (AMST) “with an eye toward replacing” the Lockheed C-130.…

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My Fighter Career: Getting Ready For My Skyraider Deployment

“My Fighter Career” is a limited series of articles by Byron Hukee. He’s a humble, bad ass, retired USAF pilot who flew everything from the F-100 to the F-16. You can…

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Military

My Fighter Career: The F-100 Super Sabre Is My New Ride

Byron Hukee shares the story of his career as an Air Force pilot. He flew everything from the F-100 to the F-16. The first part of his series is here.…

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