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Slow it down: F-105 engine’s rear panels aren’t for style
Many think that the “clover leaf” panels at the rear of the F-105 are part of its engine.…
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Colors of war as seen on vehicles, artillery
The base color of the Flying Heritage Collection’s M55 self-propelled gun is quite different from the Shermans and…
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German Kettenkrad a popular pilfered item during World War II
The Germans’ Kettenkrad (SdKfz 2) was so useful on the battlefield that everyone wanted to use it, even…
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The many lives of F-105 Number 336
Quite often, when we talk to F-105 pilots, they dig into their log books and discover they flew…
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Tanks, cannon fire and flying at SkyFair
The Flying Heritage Collection puts on many events over each summer, but the next one is the biggest.
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What’s in a self-propelled cannon’s name? A 1960s song.
The apparently aggressive moniker U.S. Marines of the 1st 8-inch Howitzer Battery gave to their M55 self-propelled cannon…