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Tinker Celebrates 75 Years: Wright R3350 Radial Engine Profile

December 4, 2017 WarbirdsNews 0

The Wright R3350 ‘Cyclone 18’ radial engine is a massive, complex engine which powered significant aircraft like the Boeing B-29 Superfortress to help end World War II. The R3350 is a ‘round’ engine with two […]

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Tinker Celebrates 75 Years: Pratt & Whitney J57 Turbojet Engine Profile

December 1, 2017 WarbirdsNews 0

Pratt & Whitney’s J57 engine is a twin-spool, axial flow turbojet engine with standard and afterburning configuration. The J57 was the first turbojet design for the company and represented a technological leap in the field […]

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Tinker Celebrates 75 Years: Convair B-36 ‘Peacemaker’ Aircraft Profile

November 28, 2017 WarbirdsNews 0

The Convair B-36 “Peacemaker” was a six-engine, very heavy bomber produced to meet specifications issued by the Army Air Corps on April 11, 1941, for what appeared at the time an impossible task: an intercontinental […]

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USAF History: F-4 Phantoms at Tinker AFB

July 17, 2017 WarbirdsNews 0

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is the most significant fighter aircraft of the 20th Century. First flown on May 27, 1958, the Phantom II entered service with the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force. […]

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Return of the ‘Ghost Rider’

February 14, 2015 WarbirdsNews 25

For the very first time, a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has moved from the boneyard back into the sky again. The veteran bomber took off from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona for the first time […]

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D-Day Squadron Documentary Premiere at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

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The Air Force Museum Foundation Living History Series invites you to the film premiere of “Into Flight Once More” on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. You will […]

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C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ Flies!

As many readers are well aware, we have been following the restoration of combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095, better known as Beach City Baby, for some years now. Jason Capra and his band of [...]
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