This Average Looking Plane Was Literally Where The US Air Force Was Born
The Original Air Force One Was, known as Sacred Cow has a special place in US Air Force history. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first sitting US…
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The Challenge of Flying Below Sea Level
We launched as a two-ship formation of C-130Js, taking off into the night well after the darkness had fallen. Maintaining an altitude of 500 feet above the desert terrain, we…
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This is How An Air Force Academy Cadet Delivers A Game Ball To A Veteran
These cadets are the star of the show and they are barely old enough to buy a beer. The Wings of Blue is the Air Force Academy’s premiere demonstration team.…
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75 Years Ago, We Beat The Soviets With Cargo Planes
September 30 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Airlift, historically the first major showdown of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the West. World…
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C-130 Hercules Goes On A Trip To The Beach
C-130J Hercules Lands on Beach We’ve seen and posted some pretty amazing feats of airlifters. As amazing as the C-17 or C-5 jets are, there is something really special about…
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The Massive C-17A Can Fall Out Of The Sky (And It’s Intentional!)
The C-17A Can Fly a Descent Profile That Rivals the Space Shuttle’s Descent Rate on Approach. To the unfamiliar, the tactical descent of a massive C-17A Globemaster III can look pretty…
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How Do You Convert a C-130 Into a Firefighting Aircraft?
It’s a well known fact that C-130s are one of the tools that firefighters use in their arsenal to fight wildfires. But how do they convert a standard Hercules aircraft…
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