FOUND! F-35 Debris Located After Pilot Ejects Near Charleston
UPDATED: As of 6:30pm ET on Sept 18, 2023, the F-35 debris field has been found, confirmed by Joint Base Charleston to local news media. The crash scene is in…
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Petition Asks FAA to Credit MQ-9 Pilot Hours Towards Certifications
A petition filed with the FAA last month is requesting an update to credit military MQ-9 Reaper pilot hours towards FAA Commercial and Restricted Airline Transport Pilot certificates. This limited…
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Watch the T-33 Ace Maker Fly Through Star Wars Canyon
Star Wars Canyon in Southern California used to be one of the most well-known low level training route in the world for fighter jets. Or at least it was until…
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Restoring Cobras And Hueys at the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation
Restoring Cobras and Hueys at the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation is serious business. Based in Hampton, Georgia, the AAHF are caretakers to these iconic helicopters that once served in multiple…
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Cargo Glider: The Waco CG-4A Hadrian
The CG-4A Carried Much More Than Just Troops Into Battle Waco’s CG-4A cargo glider, nicknamed the Hadrian by the Brits, carried approximately 50 percent of any Airborne Division’s paratroopers into…
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Up, Up, and Away: A Brief History of Balloon Espionage
Did you have “spy balloon sparks international incident” on your 2023 Bingo card? We definitely did not. However, in proving that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, a spy balloon…
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The Air Force Museum Gets Set To Honor A-1H Skyraider Pilots
The National Museum of the Air Force (NMUSAF) has had an A-1E Skyraider on display since 1968. That aircraft is the exact tail number, 132649 that Major Bernard Fisher was…
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The Vietnam War Still Has Lessons For Us All
New Podcast Covers Linebacker II – ending the Vietnam War and bringing the POWs home Learning about the Vietnam War is like peeling a forty year old onion. One that…
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Pilots Roll B-1 Bomber At Edwards AFB Airshow
The 2022 Edwards AFB airshow was spectacular with quite a lineup. The show featured almost every aircraft in the US Air Force inventory along with aircraft from NASA, the Thunderbirds…
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Avgeekery Gets Up Close And Personal With Top Gun’s Darkstar Hypersonic Jet
If you live in southern California and love aviation, this is the weekend for you! Edwards Air Force Base is hosting their first public air show in 13 years. As…
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USAF Reveals Rollout Timeline For B-21 Bomber
The USAF will rollout and reveal their highly-classified, next generation B-21 Raider stealth bomber to the world in early December. Northrop Grumman has been developing the new bomber now for…
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Space Force Introduces New Song–What Do You Think?
The Space Force introduced their official song today at the 2022 Air & Space Forces Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. The song titled “Sempra Supra”…
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