The U.S. Air Force retired the T-1A Jayhawk on Aug. 20, quietly ending more than three decades of service for the twin-engine jet that trained generations of pilots bound for the airlift and tanker fleet. The last operational aircraft departed Vance Air Force Base for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona, where it will be received into the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, known widely as the boneyard.
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Shiden-Kai warbird recovered off Kagoshima coast
A Japanese naval fighter that had rested on the seafloor for more than eight decades was pulled from the waters off Kagoshima Prefecture on Apr. 8.
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Rare Kyushu J7W Shinden footage unveiled at Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum
Previously unseen footage of Japan’s experimental World War II fighter aircraft, the Kyushu J7W Shinden, has been donated to the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum, offering a rare glimpse into the final desperate months of the Pacific War.
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A-10 makes final flight home to Hagerstown
After 46 years of military service spanning combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, a veteran Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II “Warthog” will make its final flight this month, returning to the Maryland city where it was born.
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Smithsonian welcomes legendary F-15C MiG killer
A legendary F-15C Eagle fighter jet made its final flight on Aug. 13 to the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, where retired U.S. Air Force Col. Cesar “Rico” Rodriguez stood waiting to welcome the aircraft that had carried him to two aerial victories during the Gulf War more than three decades ago.
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