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KINGSTON, N.Y. — Yes, that was a B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber you may have seen flying overhead Thursday afternoon in Ulster County. Sightings of the plane, “a multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions,” were reported to the Freeman in New Paltz and Kingston at about noon Thursday, Nov. 2. The sightings […]
Squadron Leader Dave Hughes was amongst the many Australians who were recognised and celebrated in the General Division of Awards for Distinguished and Conspicuous Service.
As many readers will know, Australia's Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) designed and built a number of different airframes based upon the North American Aviation NA-16, a trainer which eventually evolved into the legendary T-6 Texan/Harvard. The Wirraway was one of CAC's more successful designs. A number of different Wirraway variants evolved, some of them armed, but the type primarily served in the training role within Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), a function which it performed admirably between 1939 and 1959. While CAC built more than 750 Wirraways at their factory in F...