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No Ordinary Soldier: My Father’s Two Wars
By Liz Gilmore Williams I flew into Honolulu in late March 2013, filled with excitement. The GPS device I’d brought from home refused to work as I drove my rental car out of the airport […]
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A VETERAN’S STORY: The wickedest Flying Witches
By Pete Mecca. To call a female pilot a “flying witch” in 2017 could bring condemnation, censorship, and protesters trampling down the weeds in my front yard. So, stick with me on this: The flying […]
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P-47 Thunderbolt Mystery
Who are Eva and Edith? AirCorps Aviation, the warbird restoration shop based in Bemidji, Minnesota, has found an interesting artifact within the wing of the 1944 Republic P-47D-23RA they currently have under restoration. This particular […]
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Pioneer of Tactical Airlift visits MacDill AFB
It’s World War II and Nazi Germany occupies France, an Allied nation. Somewhere in the moonlit French countryside, a modified B-24 Liberator flies overhead. Painted matte black, and stripped of unnecessary equipment, this B-24 is […]
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A VETERAN’ STORY: A Progeny of Aviators
By Pete Mecca. Arranging an interview quickly turns into something very special when the veteran suggests, “Let’s just fire up the old Stearman and fly down to Peach State Aerodrome for lunch at Barnstormer’s Grill. […]
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A VETERAN’S STORY: The British Gentleman and His Southern Belle
After the downfall of France in WWII, the German Luftwaffe controlled the skies over Europe. Their next objective was to sweep the Royal Air Force from the blues as an essential prerequisite to Hitler’s invasion […]
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F-4 Pilot, MiG-21 Destroyer, Tells Story
Two F-4 Phantom IIs flew in a triangular pattern behind a Douglass B-66 Destroyer, escorting the slow-moving light bomber on a radar jamming mission. During the operation, the skies were clear with a few scattered […]
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A VETERAN’S STORY: From Boy to Radio Man
When asked why folks call him C.R., the interviewee responded, “Well, try to write down Clifford Robert McCullough on most documents and there just ain’t enough space.” Born and raised into a Rockdale County share-cropping […]
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Edgar Lewis, The Story of The First USAF African-American B-47 and B-52 Pilot
Article by Peter Macca via rockdalecitizen.com Slip on the flight suit of one of the first USAF African-American B-47 and B-52 pilots. Put on your helmet for the next mission over Vietnam with an all-white […]
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Italian Pilot Honors Viet Nam Veteran
Article by Luigino Caliaro, photos by Luca Marin On February 4th, following a thorough rebuild by owner Andrea Rossetto, a former Italian Army Cessna O-1E Bird Dog took off on her first post-restoration flight into the crisp […]