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The 2016 Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course has taken place at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base from Mar. 3-5. The objective behind the course is to allow civilian pilots in their warbirds to practice flying in formation together current U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft.
Photos: U.S. Air Force
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On this day 80-years ago, the iconic Supermarine Spitfire took to the air for the first time with Captain Joseph “Mutt” Summers at the controls. The aircraft flew for eight-minutes.
Photo: Cpl Neil Condie/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
Paul Granger, a B-52 pilot who was shot down over Hanoi and taken captivity during Operation Linebacker II in 1972, was honored by the 560th Flying Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph on Mar. 3.
Photo: USAF
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A former Royal Danish Air Force Hawker Hunter, #E-408, is up for sale. The aircraft, which entered service in 1956, will be auctioned by Brightwells in Leominster on Mar. 2.
Richard Croft [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons