25 May 1953 – In January 1951, North American Aviation delivered an unsolicited proposal for a supersonic day fighter to the United States Air Force....
Read MoreIn 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 Cleveland.“General Cleveland was the last living Korean War Ace, a man who made history and
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 jungle of North Vietnam, about 40 miles north of the Demilitarized Zone, a small, slow-moving
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 lake we started down hill on a dirt road toward the marina. It was obvious
The Misty Movie is now on PBS – Airing Nationwide on Memorial Day – 24 DFC Members in the Movie
The Misty Experiment Shep writes to tell us that as of May 2nd, The Misty Experiment, The Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail is now on PBS. Many PBS stations are showing the movie on Memorial Day. PBS does not control local stations nationally so each local station
2022 Reunion – The Trip to Nellis
From Leo – Wednesday morning, we gathered to board two buses that were to take us to the Weapons School at Nellis AFB. Getting the bus through the gate at Nellis is very difficult when some passengers and the driver do not have Military IDs. If it were not for
Visit to Creech AFB – Shep Reviews the Reaper.
Shep Reviews the Reaper. The trip to Creech (arranged by CT Wang) to view drone (whoops “RPA”) operations was extremely interesting. The briefings were UNCLASS and several spouses attended. We rapidly concluded that MQ-9 Reapers with GPS, cameras, sensors, buddy-laser and radar, armed with up to four PGM 500lb bombs
The Cuban Missile Crisis – Share your story.
The first story about The Cuban Missile Crisis comes from Allen Krowe. An event in 1962 regarding the Cuban missile crisis may be of interest to the SSS group. Five Russian-made missiles, capable of reaching USA coastal cities as far North as NYC, were awaiting nuclear warheads, and on their
“Mojave Airport Honors Rutan Name”
An article from Aerospace News: Aviation International News (ainonline.com) reports: Mojave Airport Honors Rutan Name “In honor of the contributions to aerospace by Burt and Dick Rutan, the directors of California’s Mojave Air and Space Port (KMHV) have agreed to rename the facility Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan
Update on Services for Sergi Demchuk, Col USAF (Ret).
A service will be held in Serge’s memory on February 19, 2022, at 2:00 pm at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 3021 Edinburgh Drive, Virginia Beach, and directly following, a reception at the church. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Meals on Wheels America. (1) Col. Demchuks’s official obit
Rolling Thunder – Amazing Photos by Cade Martin.
You’ll likely see some familiar faces in Cade Martin’s photo essay “Over War”. The amazing portraits and quotes feature some of our SSS members such as Moose Skowron, Bob Gadd, Bill Hosmer, Ben Bowthorpe, Chuck Boyd, Mack Angel, and others. The photo gallery is a pictorial of F-105 pilots from
Fun Video – F-100’s set to music.
If you have some time, (45 minutes) there’s a great YouTube video of F-100’s set to music. The quality of the video isn’t great, but it’s amusing to discover which classical musical masterpieces the author chose for each flight. Many of the video clips are of the Thunderbirds, but keep
Today in Christmas Eve History… Dick Rutan finishes round-the-world flight.
Dick Rutan reminded us that “35 years ago today, December 23, the Voyager completed the first non-stop, non-refuel flight round the world 9 days 3 minutes 44 seconds. Distance 26,358 SM. Flown by a sh*t hot Hun Jock. Wikipedia’s entry on the Dick Rutan page says…. From December 14 to
Leo’s Book Review – Listen Up! Stories of Pearl Harbor, Vietnam, the Pentagon, CNN and Beyond by Major General Perry Smith
Tuscon Soaring Club Member Brad Boesen takes his grandson on his first glider flight.
Introducing Youth to Flight – The Young Eagles Program
Fort Wayne – This week at the F-100 Fly-In.
On September 6th, Jim Eisenmenger, Bob Weston, and Ken Ramsay flew Dean Cutshall’s Super Sabre. See the first of this week’s 14 F-100 Flights
Shep takes to the air again!
Dean Cutshall takes 16-year-old Stephanie Kortokrax for a ride in his F-100!
George Dubick creates amazing diorama of Robin Olds last mission celebration.
The Summer Intake Issue is Here
The Summer 2021 edition (Issue 46) of our journal has been mailed. The link below has now increased to 650 visits weekly, so it’s the third most popular area on the website. Our stories continue to reach beyond the US to web readers from England, Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, Turkey,