Vacation USA

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Just outside of Phoenix was the CAF museum. We were there as the B-17 was boarding passengers and going for a ride - will get there in time on any future visit to check off a bucket list item of riding in a WW2 warbird.

Hope you caught the UH-1B Gunship. I was team lead on the restoration. Very proud of it. The AF Guardian honoring ADM James Stockdale and the A-26 are two of my favorites.

 

[jmcquate]

Was at The National Museum on Nuclear Science and Technology yesterday in Albuquerque. If you’re in town, worth a visit.
An F-16 with a nuke…….is there anything it can’t do.

 

[Flash]

Was at The National Museum on Nuclear Science and Technology yesterday in Albuquerque. If you’re in town, worth a visit.
An F-16 with a nuke…….is there anything it can’t do.

Certification to carry nukes is important for our allies that carry them on their own aircraft and was a major factor in several of them, to include Germany, in purchasing F-35's as the Eurofighter is not certified to carry B61's (the bomb in the picture).

 

[nittany03]

Over the past year, was able to visit a few more museums that are well worth your time:

Just outside of Phoenix was the CAF museum. We were there as the B-17 was boarding passengers and going for a ride - will get there in time on any future visit to check off a bucket list item of riding in a WW2 warbird.

Sentimental Journey . . . man. I was a little kid when she came to the Akron-Canton Airport in my hometown, and helped to set me on the path of flying for Uncle Sam. Fast forward 30-some years, she's still flying, and my hometown MAPS Air Museum now has a Prowler I've logged flight time in . . .