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indynerdgirl · 1 year
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For the first time ever, three of the four Air Combat Command single-ship demonstration teams are piloted by women! 🤙🏻
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Captain Lindsay M. "MAD" Johnson - Captain Lindsay Johnson is the A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team Pilot and Commander, DavisMonthan AFB, Arizona. She is responsible for showcasing the A-10 Thunderbolt II at over 20 airshows annually around the country, as well as internationally. She is also responsible for leadership of a 10-person team that includes maintenance and public affairs Airmen. She and the team highlight the capabilities of the A-10, as well as pay tribute to Air Force history by flying formation flights with the Heritage Flight Foundation.
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Captain Aimee "Rebel" Fiedler - Captain Aimee Fiedler is the United States Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration Team commander and pilot stationed at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S.C. As the Viper Demo Team commander, she is responsible for representing Air Combat Command, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense and the United States of America at more than 20 air shows annually. (you can follow her on Instagram @rebelfiedler16)
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Major Kristen "Beo" Wolfe - Major Kristin Wolfe is the Commander, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team, 388th Fighter Wing, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The mission of the F-35A Lightning II Demonstration team is to showcase the unique aerial capabilities of the Air Force’s most advanced 5th generation multi-role stealth fighter, the F-35A Lightning II, as well as highlight the history of the Air Force’s service through heritage formation flights. Additionally, she provides operational oversight and direction for the 13-personnel team, to include maintenance, aircrew flight equipment, and public affairs Airmen. (you can follow her on Instagram @beo_f35demo_pilot)
And also a shout-out to the female pilots in the US Air Force Thunderbirds and the US Navy Blue Angels!
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Major Lauren “Threat” Schlichting - Major Lauren Schlichting is the Slot Pilot for the U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron, flying the No. 4 jet. She earned her commission in 2012 from the University of St. Thomas Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps program where she majored in Mathematics and played lacrosse. Before joining the Thunderbirds, she was an evaluating pilot and executive officer for the 333rd Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. She enjoys hockey, snowboarding, and surviving the Great White North. She has logged more than 2,000 flight hours in the F-15E, F-16, T-38, and T-6 with 420 combat hours. She is in her second season with the team and hails from Stillwater, MN. (you can follow her on Instagram @afthunderbird4)
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Lieutenant Amanda "Stalin" Lee- Lieutenant Amanda Lee is the Left Wing pilot for the United States Navy Blue Angles, flying the No. 3 jet. She is a native of Mounds View, MN and she graduated from Irondale High School in 2004, where she competed in soccer, ice hockey and swimming. While attending the University of Minnesota Duluth, Amanda enlisted in the U.S. Navy as an Aviation Electronics Technician (AT) and reported to her first command, VFA-136 "Knighthawks." She was selected to commission as a Pilot through the Seaman-to-Admiral (STA-21) commissioning program in 2009. The following year, Lee attended the Naval Science Institute (NSI) for officer training in Newport, Rhode Island, and simultaneously began her studies at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where she received a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry.
Amanda joined the Blue Angels in September 2022, becoming the first woman to fly in a demo F/A-18E/F Super Hornet with the team. She has accumulated more than 1,400 flight hours and over 225 carrier-arrested landings. Her decorations include four Navy Achievement medals and various personal and unit awards.
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andrew-shippin · 3 years
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The other day someone was asking me about "the Boneyards".  I visited here once, and also toured the adjacent Pima Air & Space Museum. A really neat adventure that all aviation fans must see.
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sentinelchicken · 4 years
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This 747 Classic is a 747-121, N747GE, the former General Electric engine testbed that had been flying since 1992 for GE. At the time of its retirement in November 2018, it was the oldest active 747 in the world. ⠀ ⠀ Originally delivered to Pan American World Airways in March 1970 as N744PA, this particular 747 was the 25th 747 built (LN 25) and was originally christened “Clipper Star of the Union”. In 1982, Pan Am renamed it “Clipper Ocean Spray” and it flew for Pan Am all the way to the airline’s eventual shutdown in 1992 when it was sold to General Electric to become an engine testbed. ⠀ ⠀ Most of the interior was removed and the left wing and empennage were strengthened to make it suitable for engine test work. Re-registered as N747GE, the aircraft test flew the GE90, GEnx, Engine Alliance GP7200, the CFM56, and the CFM LEAP. ⠀ ⠀ When GE retired it in November 2018, it was just three months shy of its 50th anniversary of its delivery to Pan Am. It has been replaced by an ex-Japan Airlines Boeing 747-400 that has had its winglets removed as they’re not necessary for the sort of flying GE has planned. ⠀ ⠀ I took this photo of N747GE at the Pima Air & Space Museum this past March where it was being prepared for eventual display. ⠀ ⠀ November Aviation Photo Challenge | @kjdphoto1971 | #1119planes | “Boeing” | Day 29⠀ ⁣⠀ #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #PimaAirandSpaceMuseum #Pima #Tucson #DavisMonthan #Arizona #airport #planespotting #instaplane #instagramaviation #Boeing #747 #N747GE #GE #GeneralElectric #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation (at Pima Air & Space Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5c5DPlB0GY/?igshid=g6p8j0v94vmj
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943supersix-blog · 5 years
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Looking to paint a creepy cemetery?! Canvas & Cocktails on Friday, October 19 • 6 PM - 9 PM | Arts & Crafts Come and get creative with us as we paint a “creepy cemetery” canvas! Bring your own beverage and snacks and have some fun! • $30 per person, Registration deadline 16th October at 5:45 PM. . • The first 5 club members who sign up receive a free class courtesy of Club Ironwood. • All supplies are included • Call 228-4385 for more details. #davismonthanafb #crafts #davismonthan #DMAFB #Tucson #TucsonAZ (at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/BodvyvblL8s/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=120bhxwpkoykn
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davidmeektattoos · 6 years
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A cool little diamond jaw bone on my pal @justinflick09 foot. Message me to schedule an appointment this month next month and every month at my private studio. 520-664-5081 or [email protected] or just a nice little DM will do. #tucson #tucsontattooartist #tucsontattooer #tucsontattoos #tucsontattoo #tucsonaz #520 #arizonatattooartist #tucsonarizona #tucsonlife #tucsonart #tucsonartist #tucsonlove #tucsonliving #davismonthan (at Tucson, Arizona)
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Welcome Home from Turkey! #USAirForce #welcomehome #fighterjet #airforce #Turkey #turkeythecountry #overseas #usaf #pilotslife #instanbul #ankara #turkish #unitedstates #usmilitary #tucsonbakery #davismonthan #airforcebase #MadBatterBakery #AnotherMadCreation (at Mad Batter Bakery)
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theonlyladyjai · 6 years
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The Bone Yard at sunset. . . . #theboneyard #davismonthan #sunset #silhouette #airplane #airforce #arizonalife #arizona #tucson #igersarizona #igerstucson #igerssunset #arizonasunset #tucsonsunset #sunrise_and_sunsets_aroundworld #sunset_ig #sunsetsky (at USAF Bone Yard Davis-Monthan AFB)
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d2runner · 7 years
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anthonyquigley · 6 years
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Davis-Monthan Airforce Base, Tuscon, Arizona, USA https://goo.gl/maps/sD4x5qoLCoJ2 . https://ift.tt/1WCSb2p . The world’s most expensive military cemetery, a £22.6 billion centre dubbed “The Boneyard”, has been pictured in a spectacular series of new high-resolution Google Earth satellite images. . The 2,600 acre facility, officially known Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, is home to thousands of outdated aeroplanes and helicopters mothballed by the United States Air Force and other allied forces. . The 60 year-old facility, the size of 1,300 football pitches and sprawled across the desert in Tucson, Arizona, houses the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) and is America's only storehouse for out-of-service aircraft. . Commonly used as a final resting place for thousands of decommissioned machines, the centre, originally designed in 1946, is also is used as a spare parts resource for the United States military. . Among cabins, wings and undercarriages are more than 4,200 of the western world's military aircraft, said to be worth £22.6 billion ($US35 billion) that were at one point in history the most advanced weapons of the air. . Text: https://ift.tt/1P10xvm . #earthimages #earthimage #upintheair #abovetheclouds #satelliteimage #satelliteimages #EarthOverhead #overview #overvieweffect #davis-monthan #davismonthan #boneyard #airplane #graveyard #plane #airoplane #texas #arizona #tuscon https://ift.tt/2txqrTm
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sentinelchicken · 4 years
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When the postwar successor to the Boeing B-29, the B-50 Superfortress, entered service in 1948, it was always planned that the B-50 be converted to tankers once replaced by the B-47 Stratojet which made its first flight in 1947. The Hayes Aircraft Corporation was assigned responsibility for the conversion of the B-50 into KB-50 tankers. The first KB-50s entered service with the Tactical Air Command in January 1956, replacing the KB-29 which was simply too slow to refuel jet aircraft. The KB-29s were phased out completely by November 1957. However, the increasing performance of TAC’s jet fighters meant that in no time, the KB-50s were also too slow to function as tankers. Hayes was once again contracted to upgrade the KB-50 fleet to KB-50J standard with the addition of a single 5200 lb thrust GE J47 turbojet under each wing. The jet engines gave the “new” KB-50J a shorter takeoff distance by 30%, improved the time to operational altitude by 60% and allowed the KB-50J to operate easily at over 400 knots in level flight. 112 KB-50s were upgraded to KB-50Js and a further TB-50 crew trainers were also converted to jet-augmented tankers, designated KB-50Ks. The first KB-50Js were delivered to TAC in January 1958. The KB-50J/K tankers were to be interim tankers until the arrival of the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. Unfortunately their long careers as nuclear bombers and then tankers had taken a toll on their durability and reliability. Aircraft were commonly cannibalized to keep other tankers flying and the first KB-50J/Ks were phased out in 1964. The crash of a KB-50J in 1965 revealed extensive cracking and corrosion in the aircraft structure and the Superfortress tankers were retired quickly in 1965. They did last long enough, however, for some to be used in the Vietnam War. November Aviation Photo Challenge | @kjdphoto1971 | #1119planes | “Cold War” | Day 30⠀ ⁣⠀ #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #PimaAirandSpaceMuseum #Pima #Tucson #DavisMonthan #Arizona #airport #planespotting #instaplane #instagramaviation #Boeing #B50 #KB50 #Superfortress #USAF #mil_aviation_originals #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvgeekSchoolofKnowle (at Pima Air & Space Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5fZ46ghZux/?igshid=1nrxjl9ks67t7
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bgboydphoto · 5 years
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I know the airshow is old news, but I did get this sweet pic of an A-10 landing. 📷 Canon EOS 6D Mark II 🔭 EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM 📋 300mm | 1/2000s | f/5 | ISO-250 📅 March 2019 🏜 Tucson, AZ https://bgboydphoto.com/photos/airshow © 2019 BG Boyd Photography
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davidmeektattoos · 6 years
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Shiny fighter pilot tattoo. You can always message me your ideas and we can figure out the best game plan for your tattooo. #tucson #tucsontattooartist #tucsontattooer #tucsontattoos #tucsontattoo #tucsonaz #520 #arizonatattooartist #tucsonarizona #tucsonlife #tucsonart #tucsonartist #tucsonlove #tucsonliving #davismonthan #lukeafb #dmafb #military #airforce #usaf (at Tucson, Arizona)
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#HappyRetirementDay #youknowyousangit #airforce #airforceretirement #retirementcake #cakesofinstagram #tucsonbakery #davismonthan #MadBatterBakery (at Mad Batter Bakery)
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