Red Tail Squadron Celebrating 70th Anniversary in 2011
Colorado is known for the Rocky Mountains, great skiing and the
"Mile High City," but it also happens to be home to more surviving
Tuskegee Airmen than any other state. On Saturday night, November
19, the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver's
historic Lowry neighborhood is hoping for a good turnout at a gala
to honor the eight Red Tail Squadron members who reside in the
state.
2nd Phase Of Low-Rate Initial Production Also Includes Spares,
Logistics And Training
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a $1.7 billion low-rate initial
production (LRIP) for seven additional P-8A Poseidon maritime
surveillance aircraft. LRIP-II is the follow-on to an initial
LRIP-I contract awarded in January to provide six Poseidon
aircraft. Overall, the Navy plans to purchase 117 Boeing 737-based
P-8A anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to replace its P-3
fleet.
Worked Through His Injuries To Earn Sport Pilot And LSA
Repairman Certificates
When Chris Gschwendtner was airlifted to a field hospital after
a rocket exploded next to him in Bagdad, no one could look ahead
and see where he is today. The concussion of the explosion left the
young infantryman with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), the hidden
injury so common to those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. For
Chris, his injury was compounded by being the second TBI he
had experienced in less than six weeks.
April 2010 Dude Flight Mission Saved 30 Trapped Joint Special
Operators In Bala Morghab, Afghanistan
Four F-15E Strike Eagle crewmembers then assigned to the 48th
Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, UK serving on temporary duty at
Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan were awarded the 2010 Mackay Trophy by
USAF Chief of Staff, General Norton Schwartz, and National
Aeronautic Association Chairman, Walter Boyne, at the NAA Fall
Banquet in Arlington, VA on November 7th.
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