The 332d Fighter Group was a unit of the U.S. Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Forces based in Italy during World War II. It was composed of black pilots and ground support personnel trained at Tuskegee, Alabama, and the members of the group became collectively known as the Tuskegee Airmen. […]
Gray went red last fall on the tail of one F-16 at the 187th wing, the Alabama Air National Guard unit at Dannelly Field in Montgomery. Aviation buffs will recognize the paint scheme as reminiscent of the aircraft flown by the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. […]
Aviation and aerospace news and items of interest from Wichita, the Air Capital of the World. […]
When Emil Matthew “Matty” Laird came to Wichita, Kan., in 1919, he began the city’s transformation from the “Wheat Capital” to the “Air capital of the World.” […]
As a long time fan of the B-47, I have only happy memories of the airplane, especially since I managed to survive some goofy errors in the airplane. […]
Virgin Galactic is a company within Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, which plans to offer sub-orbital spaceflights and later orbital spaceflights to the paying public. […]
Of all the Travel Air monoplanes built by the factory, constructor number 6B-2012 was unique in being the “flying office” of washing machine entrepreneur Harry L. Ogg. […]
My first assignment out of flying school was to Castle Air Force Base , California, with the 330th Bomb Squadron of the 93rd Bomb Group. […]
The XB-47 first flew on December 17, 1947, with test pilots Bob Robbins and Scott Osler at the controls. […]
Kansas Air Tour, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation Obtains Certification, Boeing Names Former NASA Engineer to Head Space Shuttle Program, Cessna Names Shih to Oversee China Operations, Spirit Aerosystems Assessing Impact of 787 Schedule Shift, Airbus Completes First Test Flight with Alternative Fuel […]
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