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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On this date in 1965 …
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MIOn 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. […]
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, MI18 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 […]
On this date in 1975
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MIIn October and November of 1975 several UFOs were reported near not only Wurtsmith's weapons storage area, but three other bases across the country. https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01315R000300070001-4.pdf
The first B-52, the XB-52, rolled out on this date in 1951
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MIThe Air Force issued requirement for a new strategic bomber in November 1945. Boeing won the contract bid June 5, 1946. The B-52 design evolved from a straight-wing aircraft powered […]
Last B-52 Departs WAFB
Wurtsmith Air Force Base OscodaOn this date in 1992, B-52G, #57-6492 'Old Crow Express', departed for AMARC at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson AZ. a.k.a. 'the boneyard' Photos of the crew upon their arrival at […]
Anniversary of the first powered, controlled flight of an airplane
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane. Learn […]