History Friday

[Breckey]

It's the stuff that was confiscated in the Great Witch Hunt of 2012

Edited January 26, 2013 by Breckey

[Stitch]

12 Feb 1973

Thread bump. Fourty years ago today.

[JS]

Not sure if this is the best thread for this, but the online Airman Magazine issue this month had a pretty good spread on the Boneyard. Make sure you either click one of the pictures of click the link at the bottom of the article to look at the slideshow. Also note there is an "info" button in the upper right of the slideshow that I didn't realize until after I viewed all of the pictures.

[LoneStar]

Some of those photos are incredible

[HU&W]

Happy Friday everybody.

[nsplayr]

CNN article on that same story published today.

Edited March 10, 2013 by nsplayr

[Tonka]

Time lapse Vietnam photos, "Heavy" return fire on a lone Viet Cong sniper

https://www.independe...er-8668622.html

[Tonka]

A few days early:

https://www.cntravele...ad-ken-jennings

Giant Concrete Arrows across the US, were for early express mail delivery:

Every 10 miles along this route:

Each had a lit beacon on it

"Even the dumbest of air mail pilots, it seems, could follow a series of bright yellow arrows straight out of a Tex Avery cartoon. By 1924, just a year after Congress funded it, the line of giant concrete markers stretched from Rock Springs, Wyoming to Cleveland, Ohio. The next summer, it reached all the way to New York, and by 1929 it spanned the continent uninterrupted, the envy of postal systems worldwide."

[DEVIL]

A few days early:

https://www.cntravele...ad-ken-jennings

Giant Concrete Arrows across the US, were for early express mail delivery:

Every 10 miles along this route:

Each had a lit beacon on it

"Even the dumbest of air mail pilots, it seems, could follow a series of bright yellow arrows straight out of a Tex Avery cartoon. By 1924, just a year after Congress funded it, the line of giant concrete markers stretched from Rock Springs, Wyoming to Cleveland, Ohio. The next summer, it reached all the way to New York, and by 1929 it spanned the continent uninterrupted, the envy of postal systems worldwide."

Bad ass.

[Jughead]

A few days early:

Giant Concrete Arrows across the US, were for early express mail delivery:

I hear they're planning to re-commission the one across the bay from MacDill....

[DFRESH]

And that mail didn't show up until the day after that picture. How far the USPS has fallen.

[matmacwc]

Your buttplug is none of our concern.

[Square]

Don't think I've seen this posted elsewhere here. Cool Vietnam era video of Robin Olds and crew. https://youtu.be/qDWevnyRtjc

[M2]

That captain at the very beginning, getting his second kill, is Dick Pascoe; my first wing commander at Bentwaters...

[SurelySerious]

Guess this kind of fits history Friday: PJ who rescued Goldfein is now superintendent for Acadmey Commandant of Cadets. In this article, the Chief doesn't mention uniform standards once, but he does use "warrior" 69 times. For someone who was out saving others, I think I can look past it.

https://www.usafa.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123361690

[snoopyeast]

This site has a ton of great 1950s and 1960s pictures from the golden age of the USAF.

https://jetpilotoverseas.wordpress.com/

Be sure to scroll to the bottom and browse the categories.

Edited October 19, 2013 by snoopyeast

[TacAirCoug]

Jesus, look at that mustache! He must have been the shittiest officer in history!

[Royal]

Stumbled across some good quality WWII pictures; enjoy.

[MKopack]

Really good old Bell Canada TV commercial wish more American businesses would do things like this. Fitting for Veterans Day and Remembrance Day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd1FNPx_YN4

[GKinnear]

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/vietnam-helicopter-pilots-wore-their-hearts-on-their-helmets/

(Slightly NSFW)

A nice post about the colorful helmets of Helo Pilots in 'Nam

Edited November 10, 2013 by GKinnear

[BitteEinBit]

Guess this kind of fits history Friday: PJ who rescued Goldfein is now superintendent for Acadmey Commandant of Cadets. In this article, the Chief doesn't mention uniform standards once, but he does use "warrior" 69 times. For someone who was out saving others, I think I can look past it.

https://www.usafa.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123361690

Great message from a great warrior. It makes sense to me because I think that way regarding mission and priorities, but I wonder if it makes sense to those people I see avoiding retreat while they race to the door/gate at 1625 every day, or the ones who avoid that drop down mission over the weekend that just came from Current Ops because they had a quiet weekend planned with their significant other. I like the idea of warrior ethos, but I think its true meaning is being lost these days with the wars dying down. It just becomes a "punchline" as Col Nathan Jessup would say, in "Warrior Day" speeches. As we float further down that path where camaraderie and bromanship are slowly being taken out of our workplace and we become more corporate-like, it will be hard to expect any kind of "warrior ethos" when all the real warriors are gone/retired and we have to talk about how things used to be in a "History Friday" thread.

Yeah, I remember sometime back in 2011 or 2012 when bromanship and camaraderie existed on a Friday night at the squadron bar or those clubs we used to have on base. Those were the days....

[SurelySerious]

Battle Scars, Still Stinging 70 Years Later

Recount of a P-38 reconnaissance pilot's time in WWII.

https://nyti.ms/17f73q2

[AZwildcat]

Haven't been around in a while, but I figured in light of Pearl Harbor this weekend, this was a good story to share.

Another epic fail by the airlines but it ends on a great note.

Outrage expressed after WWII vet allegedly bumped from Honolulu-bound flight

[Royal]

Solid slideshow of about 50 some-odd WWII photos in color.

[snoopyeast]

https://theaviationist.com/2014/08/04/russian-bears-at-giuk-gap/

How the U.S. F-15s intercepted Russian Bear bombers in the GIUK Gap: tensions and hilarious moments above Iceland.

"Another hilarious moment dates back to the time when one F-15 pilot showed off a Playboy nude centerfold across the expansive side of the Eagle’s canopy, for the Soviet aviators entertainment. Once they saw it, they responded by running the Bear air to air refueling probe (which was encased in a long cylindrical tube extending above the nose and would be run out to clog up into the drogue basket) in and out, and in and out of its protective sleeve."

Edited October 1, 2014 by snoopyeast