Monthly Archives: July 2009

Some amazing photographs from the air war in Viet Nam

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f-18 Flyby

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B-1 Accident

At about 10 p.m. local time on May 8, 2006, a 7th Bomb Wing B-1B Lancer based at Dyess AFB, Texas , made a wheels-up belly landing on runway 31 at Diego Garcia, skidding 7,500 feet down the runway.  The … Continue reading

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P-75 Eagle USAF Museum

Photos of the P-75 Eagle post restoration at the USAF Museum. [usercontrol: /user controls/gallery.ascx ImageUrl=/gallery/WW2/P-75/post;RepeatColumns=6]   Photos of the P-75 Eagle during restoration at the USAF Museum. [usercontrol: /user controls/gallery.ascx ImageUrl=/gallery/WW2/P-75/pre;RepeatColumns=6]

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X-15 Program

X-15 Hypersonic Research Program In the joint X-15 hypersonic research program that NASA conducted with the Air Force, the Navy, and North American Aviation, Inc., the aircraft flew over a period of nearly 10 years and set the world’s unofficial … Continue reading

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National Museum of the United States Air Force

Here are photos from my recent visit.

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Northrop YF-23 Black Widow USAF Museum

Photos of the YF-23 Black Widow post restoration at the USAF Museum. [usercontrol: /user controls/gallery.ascx ImageUrl=/gallery/xplanes/yf23/post;RepeatColumns=6]   Photos of the YF-23 Black Widow during restoration at the USAF Museum.     [usercontrol: /user controls/gallery.ascx ImageUrl=/gallery/xplanes/yf23/pre;RepeatColumns=6]

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Massive Photo Archive Update

I just added nearly 400 photos form my recent visit the USAF Museum.  I also took some time re-organive the archives to make things easier to find.  Over the next several weeks I’ll highlighting some of the new additions here … Continue reading

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