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Watch: The Air Force Trots Out the Whole Supersonic Aircraft Lineup

The film “Mission Sonic Boom” was produced in 1959 and explains the phenomenon of sonic booms. Supersonic flight was actually fairly commonplace by the time the film was made. The…

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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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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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Watch: Back When The F-105 THUD Was Cutting Edge

It’s Hard To Believe the Thud Was Ever Brand New But Here’s Proof The 1960 Republic-produced film “Mach of the Thunderchief” was made to promote the company’s new (at the…

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This Video Is An All-Star Showcase of Nearly Every Tactical Air Command Jet

Tactical Air Command Was Most Definitely On Target in This Publicity Film “TAC on Target” is a 1962 look at the United States Air Force (USAF) Tactical Air Command (TAC)…

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This F-105 Documentary Will Deliver Your Recommended Daily Allowance of Thuds

“There is a Way” Shows You How Thunderchief Pilots Made Heroic Memories. Got a high boredom quotient working? You should check out the video There is a Way: The 421st…

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The Thud: F-105s Did the Dirty Jobs and Took Crippling Losses

Republic’s Thunderchief Made the Most of 27 Memorable Years in Service. On 25 February 1984, the Air Force Reserve’s 466th Tactical Fighter Squadron, a part of the 508th Tactical Fighter…

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Broken Windows and Warheads on Foreheads: The F-105 Thunderchiefs of Vietnam Got It Done

The ‘Thud’ had quite an amazing career of dropping bombs and breaking cadet windows. The best laid military plans…often get changed! Consider the B-52, built as a strategic nuclear weapons…

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Watch: The Air Force Trots Out the Whole Supersonic Aircraft Lineup

Do You Know A Snark From a Bomarc? How About A Falcon From A Quail? Jimmy Stewart Helps Us Out

Who Knew Casey Jones Wore Strategic Air Command Blue?

Watch: Back When The F-105 THUD Was Cutting Edge

This Video Is An All-Star Showcase of Nearly Every Tactical Air Command Jet

This F-105 Documentary Will Deliver Your Recommended Daily Allowance of Thuds

The Thud: F-105s Did the Dirty Jobs and Took Crippling Losses

Broken Windows and Warheads on Foreheads: The F-105 Thunderchiefs of Vietnam Got It Done

Watch C-130s Land on an Arkansas Highway!

The Boneyard: How To Visit Buried Treasures of the Sky

That Time an F-14 Intercepted a Concorde