The 457th Fighter Squadron, 301st Fighter Wing, performed a “missing man” formation flyover at the memorial ceremony of POW and F-16 =program founder Brig. Gen. Lyle Cameron on Aug. 7, 2020 at Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery.
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A PBY Catalina takes off from Pearl Harbor in preparation for the 75th commemoration of the end of WW2
The Centennial of the Republic of China Air Force
The Centennial of the Republic of China Air Force
Fighting for China’s Freedom
By: Samuel Hui, legal aide, office of legislator Charles I-hsin Chen, Legislative Yuan, Taiwan
Unknown author / Public domain
The Armed Forces Museum in Taipei is holding an exhibition from July to November to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF), established as the Aviation Bureau under Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Constitutional Protection Junta in Guangzhou on November 29, 1920. Because the ROCAF answered to the Kuomintang, rather than the entire Republic, it initially did not receive recognition as the legitimate Chinese Air Force. Considering the Beiyang Government also called itself the Republic of China, Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s air force was one of two different ROCAFs at its founding in 1920. However, the Kuomintang’s air force became the only air force that fought to defend China’s freedom during World War II. And eventually, an air force created in mainland China became the guardian of Taiwan’s airspace. The reasons for these turns of fate lie in the complicated history of the Chinese Republic’s early development of military aviation.
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Watch warbirds arriving at Pearl Harbor aboard USS Essex
USS Essex bringing these warbirds to Hawaii for 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2 commemoration
Fourteen warbirds are aboard USS Essex for a trip to Hawaii where they will be taking part in flyovers over the island to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2.
