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Today In Aviation History – First Flight of The F-86 Sabre

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 1, 1947, after three…

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Today in Aviation History – First Flight of The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 29, 1954, at Edwards…

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Today in Aviation History – Robin Olds’ Final Combat Mission

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 23, 1967, Colonel Robin…

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More Little Lambs – Baa Baa Black Sheep Revisited

  UPDATE: The Baa Baa Black Sheep book is currently in the works, the expected…

Today in Aviation History – First Flight of The North American Aviation XB-70 Prototype

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 21, 1964, the first…

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Dual-Role Commemoration for Joe Foss and the 175th Fighter Squadron SD ANG

by Stephen Chapis Over the past several months we have featured several recent examples of…

This Day in Aviation History – First Tethered Flight of The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300

On September 14 1939 at Stratford, Connecticut, Igor Sikorsky made the first tethered flight of…

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Darkest of Days – The 113th Wing on 9/11

For those of us old enough to properly remember this day 20 years ago, it…

Randy’s Warbird Profiles – Lockheed M-21 Blackbird

Since his other posts received such a warm welcome, we thought our readers might enjoy…

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This Day in Aviation History – Charles B. DeBellevue Became the USAF Leading Ace of The Vietnam War.

On September 9, 1072, Captain Charles Barbin DeBellevue, United States Air Force, a Weapons System…

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