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The Singing Cowboy & The Hump: Gene Autry’s WWII Service As A C-109 Pilot

The country legend with 100 million records operated the C-109 in one of the toughest missions of the war.

Long before he was “Scotty in the mega-popular Star Trek sci-fi franchise, James Doohan was a real-life military aviator.

To put it simply, the 747 was well past its prime.

Indy Airport is once again hosting a Kurt Vonnegut Exhibit celebrating one of Indiana’s most acclaimed writers.

The list includes the first woman to lead a space shuttle, the first woman to space, and much more.

“Fighter pukes make movies. Bomber pilots make history!” Patrick Fleming made history in both roles, but alas, the latter was tragic history.

The B-52 dates from a time when it needed eight engines and now it is easier to roll with its existing eight-engine design than reduce it to four.

B-52 crashes are responsible for many of the most worrisome nuclear accidents during US Air Force Cold War history.

The popular twinjet has now been flying for more than 40 years.

What people thought was a UFO may have actually been a weather phenomenon.