Category: Heritage
10th anniversary of J-15’s first carrier landing
Nov. 23, 2012.
XH558 to start her engines for one last time on Nov. 20
Vulcan XH558 will start her engines for one last time on Nov. 20 before shutting down for good. The public is invited to hear the roar of its Olympus engines from 10am to 2pm.
Vulcan XH558 over Wickenby Aerodrome by J.Hannan-Briggs, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Former F-105 pilots hold last reunion
Former F-105 pilots who had flown the legendary attack jet in combat had their last reunion at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Nov. 2-5.
100 years ago, a parachute saved the first pilot from a stricken aircraft
A free fall parachute saved a pilot from his stricken aircraft for the first time exactly one hundred years ago on Oct. 20, 1922.
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