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Kiowa Warrior Pr0n
The Brigade has quite a few high-Rez pics of the Army’s OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter. The things crews did with this helo in OEF and OIF is legendary. Here’s some samples of what you’ll find: Go...
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Wash Rack
On the wash rack It’s easy to forget that for every hour of flight time there are several hours of maintenance time. The amount varies per airframe, but is substantial. Most of the maintenance comes in...
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P-61 Black Widow Footage…In Color!
From the video description over at Liveleak.com: For aviation history fans. Very rare color P-61 night fighter footage shot at the end of World War II. From the 422nd NFS operating out of Florennes,...
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The Hump
We are losing our WWII vets at an ever increasing rate. My father-in-law and my father, both veterans of the war in the Pacific, have passed away in the last 5 years or so. I am reading about the...
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Hopes high that restored B-29 ‘Doc’ will fly in 2014
Hopes high that restored B-29 ‘Doc’ will fly in 2014 Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/01/01/3206432/hopes-high-that-restored-b-29.html#storylink=cpy The Wichita-built vintage Boeing B-29...
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MAAM P-61B Black Widow Restoration Update
The MAAM’s P-61B Black Widow as she currently appears. We’ve written before about the Mid Atlantic Air Museum’s Northrop P-61 Black Widow here. Northrop’s P-61 Black Widow is the only night-fighter...
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Angel Thunder 2014
Week One video – (link in case the embedded video doesn’t work) (Cross posted at Air Pogue) What is now the USAF Para Rescue concept was born in the Army Air Force during WWII out of the need to...
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Book Review: Vietnam To Western Airlines
Imagine for a moment that you are an airline Captain or First Officer who is also a Vietnam aviation veteran. You’ve leveled off at cruising altitude, the autopilot is on, and it is a dark, quiet...
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Kiowa Warrior Pr0n
The Brigade has quite a few high-Rez pics of the Army’s OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter. The things crews did with this helo in OEF and OIF is legendary. Here’s some samples of what you’ll find: Go...
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P-61 Black Widow Footage…In Color!
From the video description over at Liveleak.com: For aviation history fans. Very rare color P-61 night fighter footage shot at the end of World War II. From the 422nd NFS operating out of Florennes,...
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A Distant Christmas Eve
For those of us who have been allowed more years, it is interesting what age does to perspective. When I was in the Army serving in the FRG – Federal Republic of Germany in 1973 and 1974, I thought...
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The Mighty Eighth
Last year, I screened The Cold Blue, which was an amazing film. In WW2, 5 famous Hollywood directors, William Wyler, John Huston, John Ford, George Stevens, and Frank Capra went into harm’s way with...
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Don’t try this at home
Posted by lex, on September 5, 2006 Received in an email (tks, dwas): This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission. The pilot is a PA Guard guy who flies EMS choppers in...
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An Act of Chivalry and Nobility Amid the Carnage
A painting by John Hall commemorating that event. For those you who have used the Internet awhile, you probably heard the story decades ago. Probably in the early 90s. The interesting thing about this...
View ArticleThe Memphis Belle – Her Final Mission
I’m watching a wonderfully produced program on YouTube on the Memphis Belle. Beautifully made because it goes from the restoration crew at Wright-Patterson doing the restoration, telling you how they...
View ArticleThe Ones Who Didn’t Return
I have been doing more reading these last few years, and a book recommended by a fellow Lexican is almost finished. Chickenhawk, by Robert Mason, tells of the author’s journey from Army Helicopter...
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Lady Be Good
Lady Be Good, as discovered 16 years later, in 1959 She was named after a popular song that had been written by George Gershwin. It had been turned into a movie. She was a nearly new B-24D, just flown...
View Article8th AAF Attrition
Bill Brandt, June 24, 2022 I just started a book that Hogday recommended, about the 8th Army Air Force in England. I know that they suffered tremendous casualties, but just cold numbers really don’t...
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