Top 5 Really Snarky Nicknames For Airplanes
Nicknames bring personality to machines. If an airplane really great airplane or a really crappy one, it’ll get a great nickname. If you are a pilot, you probably remember that…
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B-52 Aircrews Used To Air Refuel In Crazy Bank Angles Just To Prove They Could
Air refueling is supposed to be a very benign maneuver. But there is nothing ‘normal’ about being in a large aircraft just 6-18 feet away from another airliner sized jet. …
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B-52 Annihilates Taliban Weapons Factory. You Gotta See This Explosion!
The United States Air Force isn’t messing around lately in Afghanistan. They are on a roll! Over the past week, deployed crews in Afghanistan launched F-22 strikes against Taliban drug facilities. This…
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Enjoy The Best Of A Month That Was Great For Both Airshows and Military Aviation
July 2017 was a great month for Avgeekery Nation! Regional airshows and events like the New York Airshow in New Windsor, the Tacoma Freedom Fair & Air Show, the Pensacola…
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Do You Know A Snark From a Bomarc? How About A Falcon From A Quail? Jimmy Stewart Helps Us Out
When the 1960s began the United States and really the entire world were on treacherous ground. The Cold War was getting colder each and every day. Americans were building bomb…
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In Thrust We Trust: To Re-Engine Or Not To Re-Engine The B-52 Fleet…Is That Still The Question?
We already know that Boeing’s B-52 Stratofortress bombers will continue to serve for what is expected to be thirty more years…maybe even longer than that. The bombers are powered by…
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Who Knew Casey Jones Wore Strategic Air Command Blue?
The 1966 film “The Strength of SAC” showcases the weapons and the personnel of Strategic Air Command. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber is featured prominently in the film, but…
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Put ‘yer Ear Plugs IN! Watch a Super Loud B-1 and B-52 Takeoff from Oshkosh
By now most of us have seen the videos of the incredible B-1 flyby last week at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI, with the bird from Dyess AFB in Texas going…
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Ultra-rare Formation Of America’s Bomber Fleet At Oshkosh Wows Crowd And Sends Message
It was a textbook day at the 2017 AirVenture in Oshkosh on the second to last day of the show. The weather was beautiful, the crowds were plentiful and the…
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The Royal International Air Tattoo Puts Europe’s Best Mix Of Military Aircraft On Display
The Royal International Air Tattoo is a yearly event held at Royal Air Force (RAF) station Fairford in the UK. Each year the aircraft in attendance for the show are…
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Before The Air Force Could Buy The Planes, Edwards AFB Had To Test Them
Edwards AFB was the gatekeeper for jets joining the fleet. The United States Air Force (USAF) Air Research and Development Command produced the color film “The Air Force Flight Test…
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The B-52: Come Fly The Plane Your Grandfather Flew (And Your Son Might Fly Too)
The Boeing B-52: The Timeless One On April 15th 1952, Boeing test pilot “Tex” Johnson pulled back on the control yoke of the prototype YB-52 Stratofortress and she took to…
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