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KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (April 19, 2017) - U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Locke Williams, 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, prepares an F-15 Eagle for flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Crew chiefs play a vital role in ensuring aircraft is ready for flight and pre-flight inspections by the pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lynette M. Rolen) 170419-F-DD647-1016
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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of GI Joe, here are a few photos depicting the debriefing of pilots by their commanding officer.
All figures are 40th anniversary GI Joes. The helmet for the yellow pilot is from elitebrigade, all other items depicted are from the GI Joe 40th Anniversary collection.
Inspired by Roy Grinnell's fabulous portrait of Joe Foss, this is my own interpretation of the same subject. Oil Pastel on Canson board.
Some of the unit's flyers underwent combat checkout missions with the veteran pilots of the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing at Cam Rahn Bay, logging the squadron's first combat sorties on 16 March 1966. A move to Da Nang Air Base took place before the year was out, with the entire wing assigned to Da Nang on 10 October 1966.
In 1967, Tail Letters were added to the wing’s jets. An idea of 366/DO, “Boots” Blesse, tail letters were used to maintain ideal 2000’ spacing between aircraft required by ECM pods of the day (pod formation). The first letter indicated the squadron, 389th jets started with A, 390th with B, and 480th with C. The second letter came from the pilot’s last name.
Scanned image from the Permann Collection from the "AI Gadgets" album--Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
A Marine flyer since 1935, Colonel Gregory “Pappy” Boyington was encouraged to resign his commission to fly with the Flying Tigers in China. There he got credit for six Japanese planes. But when he applied for reinstatement in the Marine Corps, he found himself disgraced for “having left the Corps in time of national emergency.” For nearly three months he parked cars in a Seattle garage until, in desperation, he telegraphed an Under Secretary of the Navy. In a few days he was on the way to the South Pacific where he was given a squadron of misfits. These pilots, unwanted by other outfits, and led by the oldest active Marine fighter pilot, made one of the great records of the war. The heart of this book is the colorful story of Boyington’s Black Sheep Squadron.
“Pappy” Boyington was a wild, hard drinking, professional Marine flyer who was one of the most unconventional heroes of World War II. As wild and independent as he was, he was a competent leader of men and had no desire to change his ways. He had never let anyone kick him around, and he saw no reason why he should let the Japanese do so in the air or after he was taken prisoner.
Winner of a Congressional Medal of Honor and a Navy Cross for his achievements while leading the Black Sheep Squadron, “Pappy” Boyington had twenty months as a prisoner of the Japanese in which to gain emotional maturity and sobriety. He freely admitted that during the nearly two years he spent as a P.O.W. his health improved due to the enforced sobriety. He retired from the Marine Corps on August 1, 1947.
Many people know of Pappy Boyington from the mid-1970s television show Baa Baa Black Sheep, a drama about the Black Sheep squadron based very loosely on Boyington's memoir, with Boyington portrayed by Robert Conrad. Many of Boyington's men were irate over this show, charging it was mostly fiction and presented a glamorized portrayal of Boyington. Boyington himself often told interviewers and audiences that the television series was fiction and only loosely related to actual history. Here is a 1970’s interview with Boyington and the actor who portrayed him on television, Robert Conrad.
Photographed the DE Havilland DHC-1B-2-S5 Chipmunk at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum at the John C Munro Hamilton International Airport located in Mount Hope Ontario Canada.
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Catalog #: 10_0013962
Title: Bendix Air Race
Additional Information: Bendix Air Race
Tags: Bendix Air Race, Bendix Air Race
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Catalog #: HNA-46
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Photo of Grumman F4F Wildcat.
VF-3 Jimmie Thach, Butch O’Hare
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Unknown - to the world at large - test pilot Neil Armstrong with fellow test pilots, photographed during their participation in the "Boost Program" tests conducted 1958 - 1959 at NASA's Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.
NASA SP-2000-4520, "Black Magic and Gremlins: Analog Flight Simulations at NASA's Flight Research Center", written by Gene L. Waltman contains a section about the program, and, this very photo, on page 37.
The sign on the wall reads "DO NOT TAKE ANY OF THESE “G” SUITS FOR ANY REASON".
The immensely readable, enjoyable and informative publication is available at:
www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/88787main_Black_Magic.pdf.
Check out the differing helmets...sort of like the "SETP Pro Bowl".
For the new employer campaign protagonists were staged in their various activities in the Bundeswehr. The Eurofighter pilot Hauptmann Ulrike Flender was accompanied by the camera team at the location of Luftwaffe squadron 73 "Steinhoff" in Laage. // The new employer campaign shows protagonists in their different working areas. A crew crew filmed Eurofighter pilot captain Ulrike Flender at the air base in Laage.
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Für die neue Arbeitgeberkampagne wurden Protagonisten in ihren unterschiedlichen Tätigkeiten bei der Bundeswehr in Szene gesetzt. Die Eurofighterpilotin Hauptmann Ulrike Flender wurde am Standort des Luftwaffengeschwaders 73 „Steinhoff“ in Laage vom Kamerateam begleitet. // The new employer campaign shows protagonists in their different working areas. A camera crew filmed Eurofighter pilot captain Ulrike Flender at the air base in Laage.
Prototype helmet for the Eurofighter Typhoon. Cathode Ray Tubes inside this helmet project information onto the visor. This allows the pilot to view flight and weapons data without having to look at the instrument panel. Scottish, BAe Systems about 2005.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 30, 2008) - The pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the "Rough Riders" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125, salutes the catapult officer, or "shooter," before launching from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is underway in the Pacific Ocean conducting routine carrier operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW) Christopher D. Blachly.
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pictionid74224736 - catalogkemp00553.tif - titleadc briefing - filenamekemp00553.tif---Image from the Robert Kemp Collection, graciously donated by Willis and Claudia Allen of Allen Airways Flying Museum. Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
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These scans come from my rather large magazine collection. Instead of filling my house with old moldy magazines, I scanned them (in most cases, photographed them) and filled a storage area with moldy magazines. Now they reside on an external hard drive. I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history.
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Former fighter pilot Matt Hall (current Red Bull Series Pilot) flying his Aerobatic Extra 300L in Sunday 7th May 2017 at the Wings Over Illawarra - just south of Wollongong at Albion Park.
Apparently to be allowed into the Red Bull series you need to certified as one of the "Top 10" Pilots internationally ... not quite sure how that works!?
Excuse my lack of knowledge here since this was my first Air Show.
I love this pic, especially since I didn't really realize I was going to actually get the jet ECLIPSING the sun! Sometimes you get really lucky and get yourself in the right spot at the right time...
Lt. Albert C. Gamache Jr. would survive the war and later fly the F-86F with the 45thFIS, Sidi Slimane AB, French Morocco. Photo courtesy of Jeff Pardue , grandson of Albert C. Gamache Jr.
Title: [Military Personnel Using Link Trainer with Kollsman Instrument Panel, Randolph Field]
Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie
Date: February 1943
Place: San Antonio, Texas
Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Description: Military personnel training on a Link Aviation flight simulator with a Kollsman instrument panel.
Physical Description: 1 negative: film, black and white; 12.0 x 10.0 cm
File: ag1982_0234_2510_27_randolphfieldtx_sm_opt.jpg
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Au coucher du soleil le Mirage III monte la garde sur la BA116...a la fin de une journee de Commémoration dedie aux 100 ans de la mort du Capitaine Georges Guynemer....A la Chasse Bordel!!
Photo from an album (AL230) showing the 352nd Fighter Group in England during World War Two. Uknown Donor.
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
hoto from an album (AL230) showing the 352nd Fighter Group in England during World War Two. Uknown Donor.
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
November, 9, Monday.
A guest from sunny Mexico ignored nasty weather of Russian November and came to Nizhny Novgorod to perform Edge of Space flight onboard MiG-29UB jet fighter.
Гость из солнечной Мексики не побоялся ноябрьской непогоды и прибыл в Нижний Новгород, чтобы совершить полет в стратосферу на борту истребителя Миг-29 УБ.
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Catalog #: 02-P-00205
Last Name: Peters
First Name: C K "Daddy Rabbit"
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
The 20th Fighter Wing flagship F-16CM Fighting Falcon is parked on echo taxiway off the Shaw Air Force Base flightline, June 4, 2015, S.C. The tail of the fighter jet was recently painted to commemorate 50 years of the iconic Wild Weasel mission. The Wild Weasel concept was developed by the United States Air Force in 1965, after the introduction of Soviet Surface to Air Missiles and their downing of U.S. strike aircraft over the skies of North Vietnam. During the Vietnam War the Soviet SA-2 SAM threatened to halt air operations over North Vietnam. To suppress and destroy this threat, the U.S. Air Force countered with the courage and skill of the Wild Weasels, who flew some of the most dangerous missions in Southeast Asia. Fighter pilots are still using the aggressive Wild Weasel tactics in today’s air war, carrying out the legacy of the Wild Weasel in campaigns around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenny Holston/Released)