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HAF Museum’s Spitfire returning home May 27

Posted on May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 by alert5

Hellenic Air Force Museum’s Spitfire MJ755 has left England for its trip home to Greece, the warbird is expected to arrive home on May 27.

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Air-to-air photos of Heritage Hawg

Posted on May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 by alert5

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the Idaho Air National Guard was given a heritage paint scheme to celebrate the unit’s 75th anniversary and to pay homage to its lineage from the 405th Fighter Squadron during the Second World War.

A pilot with the 190th Fighter Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a newly painted World War II heritage paint scheme from the Air National Guard’s paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa to its new home at the Idaho Air National Guard, Gowen Field, Idaho, May 12, 2021. The heritage A-10 aircraft was painted to commemorate the 190FS’s 75th Anniversary and made to mimic the 1944 version of the P-47 Thunderbolt flown in WWII by the 405th Fighter Squadron, which was later re-designated as the 190FS. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt Mercedee Wilds)

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New photos of Mitsubishi J8M1 test site at Matsumoto emerged

Posted on May 17, 2021 by alert5

Photos of a Mitsubishi J8M1 test site in Matsumoto has emerged. The black and white photos show testing of the rocket engine at a technical school in the city during the second world war.

先従隗始, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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MH-60G that rescued F-117 pilot Dale Zelko has been retired

Posted on May 16, 2021May 16, 2021 by alert5

MH-60G Pave Hawk, #26009, has made its final flight on May 5 with Maj. Gen. Chad P. Franks, 15th Air Force commander, at the controls.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Chad P. Franks, 15th Air Force commander, and crew taxi the retirement flight for the MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 5, 2021. Major General Franks flew the very same MH-60 Pave Hawk during Operation ALLIED FORCE, rescuing a downed F-117 pilot from enemy territory; in 1999, during the operation, the helicopter belonged to the 55th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field. The helicopter is to be displayed at the Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Robyn Hunsinger)

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Father of Terrain-Following Radar has passed away

Posted on May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 by alert5

Edward C. Schwartz, whose pioneering work at the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory in the 1950s lead to the development of the Terrain-Following Radar has passed away in New York last month.

Image: U.S. Army

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