Last KC-135A Departs WAFB
On this date in 1992, “Freedoms Best", was the last Tanker to depart Wurtsmith. Click to read the article
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Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI, United StatesOn this date in 1965 …
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI, United StatesOn 29 September 1965, ten years after it entered service, the first operational Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, RB-52B-15-BO 52-8711, was retired to the Strategic Aerospace Museum, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. […]
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In Memoriam
On this date in 1988, KC-135A, 60-0317, was returning from TDY to KI Sawyer. The aircraft made a hard landing following a steep approach in crosswind conditions and went off […]
Anniversary of the breaking of the sound barrier.
On October 14, 1947, A booming thunder roared across the clear skies of the Mojave Desert, as U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager flew an experimental rocket-powered plane faster than […]
On this day in aviation history…
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI, United States18 October 1922: At Selfridge Field, near Mount Clemens, Michigan, Assistant Chief of the Air Service Brigadier General William Mitchell set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Absolute Speed Record flying a […]