13 August 1969 – After a ticker-tape parade in New York City, the Apollo 11 Astronauts are treated to a state dinner in Los Angeles, where they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon. The Article “5 Facts About the Apollo 11 Moon Landing” by Joe Carter of the Acton Institute shares some interesting
Want to buy the book? Found this online… Published by United Technologies Corporation, Pratt & Whitney/General Dynamics, Fort Worth Division, West Palm Beach, Florida/Fort Worth, Texas, 1982. This copy was listed for $40 on the
Memorial services for BGen Jon A. Reynolds will be held with full military honors on September 8, 2022, at 11:00 am in Arlington Cemetery. All SSS members and friends of Jon are invited. The arrangements
Shep sent the link to this beautiful tribute to Bob Hoover. “Robert Anderson Hoover (January 24, 1922 – October 25, 2016) was an American fighter pilot, test pilot, flight instructor, and record-setting air show aviator.”
George Dubick’s artwork is always engaging, beautifully crafted, and great fun to see. Here’s a recent pen and ink and some bonus illustrations. Click on the illustrations to enlarge them. Caption from George… “Formation flying
The memorial services for General Charles “Chuck” Boyd took place on 14 July at Arlington National Cemetery. Distinguished members of the USAF and USN attended and spoke about Chuck’s illustrious career. Speakers included: Rear Admiral
D.B. Cooper, Comic Strip aviator Dan Cooper and the F-100. All of us know the story of D.B. Cooper, the man who jumped into the night with $200k after hijacking Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305,
July 10, 2022 – LtCol Robert “Hoppy” Hopkins wrote to tell us of a new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum in DC. “This just in from the Smithsonian. If you click on
Maya Standerfer sent us a notice about the ceremony at Atlantic City for husband Ron. She writes “My husband received many honors for his service. A plaque and a F-100 airplane which now bears his
Ode To A Wingman by JD Wetterling ODE TO A WINGMAN We both were gung-ho, two young fighter jocks. Our blight was psychotic—a love affair. Belov’d was inert, ferocious and fast. She looked mach one
This Memorial Day take time to remember the F-100 MIA/KIA Pilots we that lost. There is a wonderful video of the F-100 pilots who were MIA/KIA, with the names, dates, and photos set to music.
In memoriam: ‘Nickel on the grass’ to Lt. General Charles ‘Chick’ Cleveland. This article (excerpted) and photos by Col. Al Allenback appeared in the Montgomery Advertiser on May 27, 2021, following the death of Chick
The following article by Richard J. Newman appeared in Air Force Magazine The Misty FACs Return on Oct. 1, 2000 It was one of the most maddening targets of the war. Deep in the mountainous
This story is excerpted from Thisdayinaviation.com… “26 February 1955: Although it was his day off, North American Aviation production test pilot George Franklin Smith stopped by the office at Los Angeles Airport (today, known as
While searching for photos of SSS Members, I found a name I didn’t recognize and a photo of a pilot in front of an F-100. Richard French, (LtCol USAF, Ret) had a host of news
Major General LeRoy W. (Swede) Svendsen, Jr. died on the 14th day of February at the age of 93. He has been nominated as an Honorary Member of the Super Sabre Society for his storied
ROMANCING THE ‘HUN’ – A LEGENDARY AIRCRAFT FROM WHICH HEROES WERE MADE By Julie Summers Walker, published January 1, 2022. Reprinted in part with permission by Mike Fizer. Additional photos added for interest. “It is
From the site migflug.com we get a great video of some of the craziest air and land machines built by the Soviets. As the author on the site says, “At times one could think some
“John Richard Boyd was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force following completion of the ROTC program at the University of Iowa. On March 27, 1953, Boyd arrived in Korea as an F-86
In the June 9, 1958 edition of TIME Magazine, there was an article titled “How To Go Weightless”. “The magazine’s Medicine Editor Gilbert Cant “went weightless in one of the Air Force’s fast jet fighters
An article by Bryan R. Swopes tells a fantastic story about Scott Crossfield and the first F-100 NACA flight. Here it is as told on Bryan’s website This Day In Aviation.com. 8 September 1954: Scott
This wide-ranging USAF video covers the rapid expansion of the US Air Force’s role in the Vietnam War in the mid-1960s. Bases are set up at Cam Ran Bay, Phan Rang, Bien Hoa, and other
