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This is the last resting place of Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron. As a keen student of the history of World War 1, von Richthofen is for me one of the most colourful and famous figures involved in this incomprehensible war. The troops on the ground were largely anonymous, yet in the skies above them, the fighters were individuals, battling one to one, even respecting each other and the rules of chivalry. He was the most successful fighter pilot on any side, with 80 confirmed "kills", before he was himself shot down and killed on the 21st of April, 1918.
I took this photo for documentary purposes only, there is absolutely no hero worship involved, I abhore all wars. But once I discovered the grave was so close to where I live, I had to go and find it.
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Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off, at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.
1942 May
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
United States.--Marine Corps
World War, 1939-1945
Flight training
Air pilots
Air bases
Gliders
United States--South Carolina--Parris Island
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-32 (DLC) 93845501
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Call Number: LC-USW36-993
Zeus performing at the Golden Hour during AFW2021. This time, the Display Team performed with an Alpha Configuration aircraft (no external loads) which made for a more energetic display.
“Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper the space pilot for the MA-9 mission flies his F102 aircraft over the launch site at Cape Canaveral, Florida.”
In a world of disproportionately abundant images of a space-suited Gordon Cooper, a refreshingly different & unique photograph still pertinent to his flight.
The business end of an F15E. The pilot standing between the engines has been flying these for about 18 years, and he has over 1,700 hours. He's covered a lot of ground and burned a lot of fuel.
photo by Skip Steuart
Maj. Ashley Rolfe is the first female fighter pilot for the Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Wing. Rolfe is an Air Force Academy graduate and combat veteran who has served in the Air Force for eleven years. Rolfe became an Air Force pilot after growing up as an Air Force “Brat” dependent, following her dad and granddad’s footsteps carrying on the family legacy. Rolfe’s swearing in ceremony took place at Barnes Air National Guard Base, July 26, 2016.
BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass., — Air Force Maj. Ashley Rolfe, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, is making history at the 104th Fighter Wing here as the first female fighter pilot in the wing’s 70-year history.
Having grown up near Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida as an Air Force “brat,” Rolfe wanted to follow in her father’s and grandfather’s footsteps to carry on the family legacy of military service.
“The noise of the sonic booms would shake the entire room,” Rolfe recalled. “I thought it was the coolest thing in the entire world. So I made my dad take me to all the air shows, and I would drag him from pilot to pilot and ask them, ‘How did you become a pilot?’”
Determined to Become a Flier
Most of them said the most direct path was the Air Force Academy, she said. “So, I was a 10-year-old girl in 5th grade saying, ‘I’m going to be a fighter pilot,’” she added. “I was usually shorter than everyone else, and people were usually saying, ‘OK, little girl.’”
Rolfe did go on to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Academy and serve in the active-duty Air Force for 11 years. In addition to serving at Tyndall, she has been stationed as a fighter pilot at Kadena Air Base in Japan and Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. She has deployed twice, most recently to Afghanistan for six months.
During her swearing-in ceremony to join the Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Wing, she thanked the wing’s airmen for a warm welcome.
“I’m really excited to get to know everyone here,” Rolfe recalled saying at the time. “Hopefully, you don’t necessarily just see me as a ‘chick,’ but you see me as one of the pilots or one of the ‘bros.’”
“I think it is really awesome to hire our first female to the 104th Fighter Wing,” said Air Force Lt. Col. William Bladen, 104th Operations Group commander. Bladen said he’s known Rolfe since around 2012.
Rolfe said she flew Northrop T-38 "Talon" aircraft in an aggressor role as part of the Lockheed Martin F-22 "Raptor" fighter program at her previous duty assignment at Tyndall before coming to the 104th.
Becoming a fighter pilot wasn’t easy, Rolfe said.
“For anyone going into flying fighters, it’s a challenge -- a lot of hard work, a lot of studying, and a lot of practice, [and] getting into the fighter pilot culture,” she said.
F-15 Fighter Pilot
Rolfe graduated from pilot training in 2007, fulfilling her lifelong dream to become a McDonnell Douglas F-15 "Eagle" fighter pilot.
“I was the only girl in my first half of pilot training,” Rolfe said. “But then, I ended up transitioning after the first section of training. Once I went to the Northrop T-38 "Talon's" in Columbus, Mississippi, there was another girl in my class. She ended up being one of my bridesmaids, and we’re still very close. We were competitive, but still became lifelong friends, and she ended up going to McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E "Strike Eagle's". We were a little nervous when we first met, because we are both type-A personalities, and who knew how that meshing was going to work? But it worked out great.”
Women first entered pilot training in 1976 and fighter pilot training in 1993. The Air National Guard has 195 female pilots. Of those, 10 are fighter pilots.
Kadena was Rolfe’s first duty assignment, where she served as the 67th Fighter Squadron as the only female F-15 pilot.
“At first, the guys were hesitant, because they hadn’t had a female in the squadron for a few years,” Rolfe recalled, “but it didn’t take long until I became just one of the ‘bros.’ They were very accepting and gave me just as much crap as I could give them. Brotherly love, pretty much, and [they] treated me as a little sister, picking on me.”
‘Fiercely Independent’ Daughter
Rolfe said she has a year-and-a-half-old daughter.
“She’s already a fiercely independent little girl,” Rolfe said.
“I just want to impart you don’t have to be limited by what other people say,” Rolfe said. “There was a high school football and baseball coach at my school when I was a senior. I had been telling people, ‘I want to go to the Air Force Academy. I want to be a fighter pilot,’ and blah-blah. He straight-up told me, ‘You won’t ever be a fighter pilot, because you are a girl.’”
Rolfe emphasized that she wants her daughter “to know even though someone might say you can’t do that, do the research and realize, ‘No kidding, if you put your mind to it, you can most likely do this.’”
Rolfe added, “Like my mom, she said I couldn’t fly off the dining room table when I was 2 and a half. I broke my arm doing it [anyway], and that’s the kind of thing my daughter got from me. I’m having to tell her, ‘Don’t stand on that rocking chair.’”
Skyhawk - N142EM began life as a Royal Australian A-4G N13-154904 in July 1967 where it was given the code number 883 and operated from the RAN Carrier Melbourne as part of VF805. It was withdrawn from service and transferred to the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1984 as NZ6212 and underwent the Kahu upgrade that included the integration of advanced systems including the APG-66 radar. Upon its withdrawal from service with the RNZAF in 2001, it had logged over 6727 hours. In 2012, this aircraft, including the rest of the RNZAF fleet of A-4Ks ,was sold to Draken International where today it soldiers on providing dissimilar air combat training services to the USAF and Marine Corps. Stay tuned for a report on Draken operations from Kinston NC utilizing the Mirage F1 and A-4 Skyhawks. Have A Bandit Day. #draken #drakeninternational #drakenusa #kinstonnc #seymourjohnsonafb #mcascherrypoint #redair #adversay #aggressor #topgun #fighterweaponsschool #fighterpilot #a4skyhawk #miragef1
VOLS on the mind.
The lead F-35A departs McGhee-Tyson airport enroute for the flyover of the UT vs Ky football game.
2019 Rafale Solo Display pilot Captain Sebastien "Babouc " Nativel puts his jet thru it's paces during his demo recon run
F-15 Eagle pilot 1st Lt. John Fischer throws up his arm and shouts "airpower!" before taking off from Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 5 to fly to Guam. He will be one of more than 22,000 servicemembers taking part in the joint exercise Valiant Shield which runs through Aug. 14. Lieutenant Fischer is from the 44th Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kelly Timney)
(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kelly Timney)
Image captured at the Old Buckenham Airshow in Norfolk UK. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelberger of North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission. The commission approached NAA to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Rather than build an old design from another company, NAA proposed the design and production of a more modern fighter. The prototype NA-73X airframe was completed on 9 September 1940, 102 days after contract signing, achieving its first flight on 26 October.
F-15E Strike Eagle AF 91-0336 missed or low approach R06, 31st August 2022
#f15 #f15estrikeeagle #strikeeagle #raflakenheath raflakenheath #lowapproach #494thfightersquadron #panthers
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This is a companion shot to IMG_0011 Keep Oregon City Weird. The background features a poster, likely a reproduction, of Georges L. Schreiber's war bonds poster, Keep Him Flying! (1942).
623 Main St, Oregon City, Oregon
28 minutes before sunset.
USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot Captain Brittany Trimble give an air force acadamy cadet a familization flight & She crushed it.
#cfpa #caveputorium #airforce #airforceacademy #f16 #fighterpilot
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