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At last a Grandview, Washington family can remove the name of one of their own from the list of Missing In Action.

At last a Grandview, Washington family can remove the name of one of their own from the list of Missing In Action.

At last a Grandview, Washington family can remove the name of one of their own from the list of Missing In Action.

The Super Étendard will always be remembered foremost for its role in sinking British two ships during the Falkland War.

Raymond P. Shipp, 72, of Huntingdon, went to be with the Lord Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, at Penn Highlands Huntingdon. He had been in failing health for several years.

(Photo courtesy of Philippine Air Force 15th Strike Wing) MANILA - The Philippine Air Force (PAF)'s fleet of newly-acquired Embraer A-29B "Super Tucano" aircraft officially transferred to its new home at the Major Danilo Atienza Air Base (MDAAB) in Sangley Point, Cavite City on Wednesday. "The fleet of A-29B ST (Super Tucano) commanded by Maj. Jonathan C. Barawed, Squadron Commander, 16th Attack Squadron, took off from Clark Air Base and performed formation low pass before mak...

20 Years Ago

The Blackbird on display outside the hangar - finally . (image via Dave "Bio" Baranek) In a follow-up to our first article from F-14 Tomcat RIO and TOPGUN instructor Dave “Bio” Baranek this past May, we thought our readers might enjoy this story about his experiences on a TOPGUN training detachment to NAS Key West in Florida, where he came across a stray SR-71 Blackbird in one of the hangars. As you will know from our first article, “Bio” Baranek also worked as an adviser on the 1986 fi...

The opposing fleets were facing off over the sparsely-populated Falkland Islands, known as the Malvinas in Argentina. Heres What You Need to Remember: Thus, we can thank a day of unusually mild weather on May 1, 1982 for leaving us with many more living Argentinian and British sailors and aviators today than might otherwise have been the case. On the afternoon of May 1, 1982, crewmen on the deck of the Argentine carrier Veinticinco de Mayo (“May 25”) scrambled to load six A-4Q Skyhawk att...

USS Midway Museum A-7B Corsair II Returns from Restoration USS Midway Museum A-7B Corsair II Returns from Restoration On June 3rd, the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California took delivery of their freshly-restored LTV A-7B Corsair II. A crane carefully winched the now-pristine naval attack aircraft onto the flight deck of the retired aircraft carrier, USS Midway, the museum’s home. Over the past two years, museum personnel and volunteers lavished more than 2,000 hours of restoration lab...