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1. THE CARPETBAGGERS: WHEN THE FRENCH RESISTANCE NEEDED HELP, A SQUADRON OF EX-SUB HUNTERS BECAME THE AIR ARM OF THE OSS

Author

Hollway, Don

Subjects
United States. Army. Air Forces, World War II, 1939-1945, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Airdrops -- History, Hunters, Strategic bombers, Hunting, Containers, Aerospace and defense industries, History
Abstract

IN MAY 1944, NOT LONG AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND, B-24 LIBERATOR PILOT CAPTAIN GEORGE JOHNSON AND CREWS OF THE 788TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (HEAVY) WERE TOLD THEY COULD FORGET THEIR [...]

Published
2019

2. GULFHAWK EMPRESARIO: DESPITE AL WILLIAMS' IMPRESSIVE LIST OF AVIATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE RACING, TEST AND AEROBATIC PILOT'S ORANGE-PAINTED AIRPLANES ARE BETTER KNOWN TODAY THAN HE IS

Author

Wilkinson, Stephan

Subjects
Military pilots -- Appreciation, Fighter planes -- History, Racing, Museums, Aviation, Aerospace and defense industries, History
Abstract

LINDBERGH, EARHART, DOOLITTLE, RICKENBACKER, ROSCOE TURNER, WILEY POST, BERNT BALCHEN, HAROLD GATTY, PAUL MANTZ ... THE DEAN'S LIST OF 1920S AND '30S PILOTS GOES ON, BUT RARELY WILL YOU FIND [...]

Published
2019

3. DROPPING THE ORANGE BEAST: THE FIRST SUPERSONIC FLIGHT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HELP OF COUNTLESS SUPPORT PERSONNEL, INCLUDING THE MAN WHO OVERSAW THE PROJECT AND PILOTED THE X-1'S B-29 MOTHER SHIP

Author

Carlson, Mark

Subjects
United States. Air Force -- History, Rocket airplanes -- History, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Supersonic flight -- History, Air forces, Aerospace and defense industries, History, Bell X-1 (Aircraft) -- History
Abstract

DURING THE PAST 70 YEARS, NUMEROUS BOOKS, ARTICLES, DOCUMENTARIES AND MOVIES HAVE TOLD THE STORY OF HOW U.S. AIR FORCE PILOT CHUCK YEAGER BROKE THE SOUND BARRIER IN A BELL [...]

Published
2019

4. THE INDESTRUCTIBLE ACE: U.S. NAVY FIGHTER PILOT ALEX VRACIU DOWNED 19 JAPANESE AIRPLANES, BUT IN THE PROCESS LOST THREE HELLCATS, EARNING HIM A REPUTATION AS 'GRUMMAN'S BEST CUSTOMER'

Author

Tillman, Barrett

Subjects
United States. Navy, World War II, 1939-1945, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Fighter planes -- History, Intelligence gathering, Aircraft carriers, Aerospace and defense industries, History
Abstract

The 'Fighting Airedales' had scrambled from the aircraft carrier Lexington (CV-16) in response to the second Japanese attack of the morning against Task Force 58, whose 15 carriers outnumbered the [...]

Published
2019

5. ABOVE AND BEYOND: OF THE 92 AMERICANS WHO EARNED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR UNCOMMON VALOR IN AIR ACTIONS, NEARLY HALF PAID FOR IT WITH THEIR LIVES

Author

Tillman, Barrett

Subjects
Military decorations, Air warfare -- History, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Aerospace and defense industries, History
Abstract

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE MOST PECULIAR AERIAL COMBAT IN AMERICAN HISTORY: a noncommissioned naval aviator in an Italian flying boat versus land-based Austro-Hungarian fighters. But that was the situation [...]

Published
2018

7. From the President

Author

Miller, Christopher D.

Subjects
Military pilots -- Appreciation, Air forces -- Appreciation, Military and naval science
Abstract

Dear members and friends of the Foundation: The Foundation began 2018 with flying airspeed and an upward vector, thanks to the work of an outstanding Board and the continuing contributions [...]

Published
2018

8. Decimated, demoralized & disbanded: no. 124 (Ferry) Squadron's demise following the 1946 crash of Dakota 962

Author

Gafiuk, Anne

Subjects
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force -- Powers and duties, Aircraft accidents -- History -- Casualties, Military pilots -- Appreciation, History, Military and naval science
Abstract

IN THE SUMMER of 1946, at the age of 17, William Cameron was awarded an Air Cadet Flying Scholarship at the Regina Flying Club. He said, 'Throughout that summer, the [...]

Published
2017

9. The pilots' pilot: fighter pilot, test pilot, aerobatic pilot: Bob Hoover is considered the greatest of all by airmen worldwide

Author

Hollway, Don

Subjects
United States. Air Force, World War II, 1939-1945, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Aerospace and defense industries, History
Abstract

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On February 9, 1944, four Focke Wulf Fw-190As jumped his flight of four Spitfires off occupied Nice, France--a fair fight, except for a Spit lugging a drop tank. [...]

Published
2015

10. Grim Aura of a Family Curse

Author

Hassan, Adeel

Subjects
Politicians' children -- Death of, Socialites -- Appreciation, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Overdose -- Investigations, Death, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 22, a granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, died on Thursday after suffering an apparent overdose at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Mass. ''Our hearts are shattered [...]

Published
2019

11. Fierce, feared and female: The World War II pilots known as the 'Night Witches'

Author

Rosenwald, Michael S.

Subjects
World War II, 1939-1945, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Veterans -- Appreciation, Women in war -- Appreciation, Bombs, Pilots, Witches, Airplane pilots, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Michael S. Rosenwald At the height of World War II, as darkness descended on the battlefields, a nightmare would appear in German skies. The 'Night Witches.' That's the name [...]

Published
2019

12. Meet the pilot who may have averted an India-Pakistan war

Author

Masih, Niha

Subjects
Airspace (International law) -- Forecasts and trends, Indian foreign relations -- Military aspects, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Pakistani foreign relations -- Military aspects, Jet airplanes, Fighter planes, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Niha Masih NEW DELHI - He parachuted out over enemy territory. Fired in the air to keep back angry locals. Jumped into a pond and then destroyed documents by [...]

Published
2019

13. Indian fighter pilot captured by Pakistan is handed back to his country as tensions de-escalate

Author

Masih, Niha

Subjects
Kashmir (Region) -- Military aspects, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Political violence -- Forecasts and trends, Jet airplanes, Fighter planes, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Niha Masih NEW DELHI - He parachuted out over enemy territory. Fired in the air to keep back angry locals. Jumped into a pond and then destroyed documents by [...]

Published
2019

14. Meet the pilot who may have averted an India-Pakistan war

Author

Masih, Niha

Subjects
Military operations, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Prisoners of war, Jet airplanes, Fighter planes, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Niha Masih NEW DELHI - He parachuted out over enemy territory. Fired in the air to keep back angry locals. Jumped into a pond and then destroyed documents by [...]

Published
2019

15. A modern martyr; Nadia Savchenko

Subjects
Military pilots -- Appreciation, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

A defiant Nadia Savchenko Ukraine has got a new national hero UKRAINIAN historians may yet be grateful to Russia's president, Vladimir Putin. His war against the country has given it [...]

Published
2016

16. Fearless Flier

Author

Belanger, Lydia

Subjects
United States. Navy. Flight Demonstration Squadron -- Officials and employees, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Women aircraft pilots -- Appreciation, Computers, Hobbies and crafts, Sociology and social work
Abstract

Byline: DAYMON GARDNER LYDIA BELANGER FEARLESS FLIER THE BLUE ANGELS GET A BOLD NEW PERFORMER Before she enrolled in the Naval Academy, Katie Higgins considered becoming a nun. But she [...]

Published
2015

17. Where Brave Adventurers Fell From the Sky

Author

Rubin, Richard

Subjects
World War I, 1914-1918 -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Memorial monuments, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Military museums, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

When one thinks of the First World War, which the United States entered 100 years ago this month, certain images are inevitably evoked: miles of muddy trenches, clouds of poison [...]

Published
2017

18. Carter toasts Aviano airmen during stop on last global trip

Author

Harris, Kent

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees, Military pilots -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kent Harris AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy - Ash Carter paid tribute Tuesday to the airmen of the 31st Fighter Wing during the latest stop in what's likely to be [...]

Published
2016

19. Recalling a fallen eagle

Author

Ruane, Michael E.

Subjects
Prince, Norman -- Appreciation, Military pilots -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Michael E. Ruane Twenty years after Norman Prince was killed in World War I, his body was brought from France on a luxurious ocean liner, transported on a special [...]

Published
2016

20. THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE

Subjects
Test pilots -- Appreciation, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Aerospace and defense industries, History
Abstract

There were higher-scoring fighter aces and other hotshot test pilots, but nobody did both quite like Chuck [...]

Published
2018

22. Lack of space could doom proposed Vietnam memorial at Arlington Cemetery

Author

Wentling, Nikki

Subjects
United States. Office of the Secretary of the Army -- Officials and employees, Arlington National Cemetery -- Management, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nikki Wentling WASHINGTON - An effort to establish a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery for helicopter pilots and crewmembers killed in the Vietnam War could be thwarted because of [...]

Published
2016

23. At long last, WWII WASP pilot Elaine Harmon is home at Arlington

Author

Tibbetts, Meredith

Subjects
Military funerals -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Military pilots -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Meredith Tibbetts ARLINGTON, Va. - Family members and friends shared their fond memories of Elaine Harmon Wednesday morning, while acknowledging the long fight it took for the World War [...]

Published
2016

24. Ashes of Polish Battle of Britain ace return home for burial

Subjects
World War II, 1939-1945, Military funerals -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Military pilots -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

WARSAW, Poland - The ashes of Polish fighter ace Capt. Kazimierz Sporny, who is credited with downing at least five enemy planes in the World War II Battle of Britain, [...]

Published
2016

25. The female World War II pilots who got all Congress on their side

Author

Mulrine, Anna

Subjects
United States. Women Airforce Service Pilots, United States. Congress -- Military policy, Women veterans -- Appreciation, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Women aircraft pilots -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Anna Mulrine Growing up in west Texas, Nell Bright would watch the old World War I barnstormers fly low over the fields near her home. One day, her dad [...]

Published
2016

26. Crew remains from 2 WWII crash sites repatriated from India

Author

Copp, Tara

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Powers and duties -- Officials and employees, Military funerals, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Human remains (Archaeology) -- Transportation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Tara Copp AIR FORCE STATION PALAM, NEW DELHI, India - Seventy-two years after eight airmen in the B-24 Liberator Hot as Hell crashed in violent weather over India, part [...]

Published
2016

27. The Female Pilots We Betrayed

Author

Rickman, Sarah Byrn

Subjects
United States. Women Airforce Service Pilots -- Officials and employees, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Women aircraft pilots -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

DURING World War II, Elaine Danforth Harmon was stationed at an Army air base in Las Vegas. Her job was to fly a two-seat aircraft with men who had been [...]

Published
2016

28. How a helicopter pilot carries lessons, regrets from Persian Gulf War

Author

Cahn, Dianna

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Powers and duties, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Soldiers -- Appreciation, War memorials, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Wars -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Dianna Cahn WASHINGTON - When Army Maj. Fred Wellman led his men out of Iraq in 2004, the executive officer of the 6th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, searched intently [...]

Published
2016

29. Military Honors Will Be Given to Drone Operators

Author

Schmidt, Michael S.

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Powers and duties, Military decorations -- Planning, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Unmanned aerial vehicles -- Usage, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

WASHINGTON -- For years, the military's drone pilots have toiled in obscurity from windowless rooms at bases in suburban America, viewed by some in the armed forces more as video [...]

Published
2016

30. A Pilot and Holocaust Survivors, Bound by War's Fabric

Author

Kahn, Eve M.

Subjects
Holocaust, 1933-1945, Reunions -- Appreciation, Holocaust survivors -- Appreciation, Military pilots -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

You never know when a pistol pointed in wartime will lead to hours of emotional blessings in Brooklyn 70 years later. Sometime in April 1945, Alan Golub aimed his gun [...]

Published
2015

31. How the Air Force's new No. 2 officer survived getting shot down over Serbia

Author

Lamothe, Dan

Subjects
United States. Air Force -- Officials and employees, Military pilots -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Dan Lamothe Lt. Col. David Goldfein piloted his F-16CJ fighter jet over Serbia early May 2, 1999, the way he had been for months. The United States and its [...]

Published
2015

32. First female Blue Angel pilot taking flight

Author

LaCasse, Alexanders

Subjects
United States. Navy. Flight Demonstration Squadron -- Officials and employees, Military pilots -- Appreciation, Women military personnel -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: AlexandersLaCasse The first woman who to hold the distinction as a United States Navy pilot with the US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Blue Angels, will [...]

Published
2015

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