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How the Skyraider became known as “Sandy” and the A-1’s first CSAR missions
At first, this kind of mission was performed by US Navy A-1s, but by mid-August 1965, the 1st ACS sent a flight of A-1Es...
The only public XB-70 Valkyrie Air Show featured some of the most impressive aircraft
Taken at Carswell AFB, Texas, in 1966, the cool photo in this post was taken during the Combination Open House, which had the honor...
Operation Eager Anvil: The prelude to Desert Storm, led by USAF MH-53J and AH-64A helicopters
In the early hours of Jan. 17, 1991, a dozen USAF MH-53J Pave Low III and US Army AH-64A Apache helicopters raced low across...
This Marine Aviator scored the last recorded USMC air-to-air kill while he was flying a USAF F-15C Eagle
On Jan. 17, 1991, Marine Capt. Charles “Sly” Magill, flying F-15C 85-0107, was leading a flight of eight F-15s on the second day of...
Operation Secret Squirrel: The top-secret B-52 mission that opened Desert Storm
Secret Squirrel remained classified until Jan. 16, 1992, when the aircrew members and maintainers who made the mission possible were presented with air, Achievement,...