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A C-2 Greyhound Pilot On The Tradition Of Growing A Mustache While Underway On Deployment

November 24, 2022 David Cenciotti

Here’s some background about one of the most famous traditions in the military. While their roots are not completely clear, “deployment mustaches” (i.e. a mustache grown by soldiers during a military deployment) have without any […]

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Remembering the Fallen: Discovering a Hometown Hero on Memorial Day.

May 31, 2021 Tom Demerly

Memorials Across the U.S. Remember Our Fallen, And All Too Often We Miss Them. There are so many military memorials and monuments in the United States that Google doesn’t serve a single index to them […]

Military Aviation

Robin Olds’ P-51 Mustang Flies In A Heritage Formation With 52nd FW F-16C Jets

June 2, 2019 Stefano D'Urso

The plane, named Scat VII, was flown by the iconic triple-ace fighter pilot during WW2. On May 28, 2019, the restored P-51 Mustang once flown by Brig. Gen. Robin Olds visited Spangdahlem Air Base in […]

Military Aviation

Operation Bolo: how U.S. F-4C Phantoms disguised as F-105 bombers set a trap for North Vietnam’s MiG-21s

October 9, 2014 Dario Leone

The famous mission planned to lure North Vietnamese MiGs into air-to-air combat. During the last months of 1966 the North Vietnamese MiG-21s from Phuc Yen airfield claimed several victories against the American F-105 fighter bombers […]

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Danish F-16 fighter pilot grows a mustache to honor a legendary U.S. Air Force ace pilot and becomes his look-alike

September 16, 2014 David Cenciotti

An F-16 fighter pilot grew a bulletproof mustache to honor a great fighter pilot and became Robin Olds’s look-alike. Thomas “MET” Kristensen is a combat pilot of the Royal Danish Air Force. Even though his […]

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