25 May 1953 – In January 1951, North American Aviation delivered an unsolicited proposal for a supersonic day fighter to the United States Air Force....
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The F-100 Super Sabre Legacy Stories

AOPA story, “ROMANCING THE ‘HUN’ — A Legendary Aircraft from which heroes were made”.
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

Wild and Crazy Soviet Machines
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

“40-second Boyd”
“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
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In memoriam: Nickel on the grass to LtGen Charles “Chick” Cleveland
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 Misty FACs Return by Richard J. Newman for Air Force Magazine
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

Leo Reviews the trip to Lake Mead at the 2022 SSS Las Vegas Reunion
Visit to Lake Mead Two buses met us at Tropicana for a trip to Lake Mead. It was a pleasant ride with everyone telling stories to one another. When the paved road ended near the