October 20, 2022
Our Skyhawk began her career aboard the USS Ranger with VA-55 on 31 August 1965. In 1966, she transferred to VA-125 and then to VA-155. In 1968, she became a Marine with VMA-211 and spent a tour in Vietnam at Chu Lai. She left Vietnam in 1970, transferring to NAS Iwakuni in Japan. Her respite was brief, returning to Bien...
March 4, 2021
The 475th Fighter Group, also known as “Satan’s Angels,” was the only Fighter Group that featured the P-38 Lightning aircraft....
March 4, 2021
The F/A-18 Hornet first flew in 1978 and first entered service with the US Marine Corps in 1983 and the...
March 27, 2020
The F-86D first flew on December 22, 1949. It was developed as an all-weather interceptor version of the formidable F-86A....
March 27, 2020
Though its introduction to combat at the Battle of Midway was not a promising start (five of the six Grumman...