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Wolf Pack completes project to paint four heritage tail flashes

Posted on January 29, 2022 by alert5

The 8th Fighter Wing has completed its project to paint four F-16s with heritage tail flashes. The final aircraft represents the 8th Operations Group.

Airmen assigned to the 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance shop work together to apply stencils for the tail flash of the 8th Operations Group’s F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 22, 2022. Tail flashes are exemplary of the unit pride and heritage across the Air Force, and help the maintainers, who repair these aircraft, as well as the pilots who fly them, connect with the Airmen and missions of the past. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)

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Visitors to Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins will be able to tour a AC-130 on display

Posted on January 26, 2022 by alert5

Visitors to the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins will be able to tour the interior of a AC-130 on display from Mar. 19.

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MiG-15UTI passenger flights are available in Canada

Posted on January 23, 2022 by alert5

Waterloo Warbirds, a volunteer-based organization in Canada, is offering passenger flights on a MiG-15UTI.

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AP-12, Lockheed’s secret attempt to make the A-12 a satellite launcher

Posted on January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 by alert5

Another wonderful article from The Space Review, this piece talks about Lockheed’s proposal to use the A-12 as a satellite launcher.

U.S.Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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On this day 80 years ago, the AVG had their first taste of combat

Posted on December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 by alert5

The First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, or the Flying Tigers, flew its first combat mission on this day 80 years ago.

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