The Fighter Writer: Ron Easley's Aviation Blog
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Bitter disappointment: The F-101 in SAC war plans
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Yesterday's news reports of the publication of a declassified 1956 Strategic Air Command study of proposed targets has for many reasons...
Sunday, October 4, 2015
"Zip" Fuels: the F-101 and Research on Borane Fuels
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Last week saw the celebration of the 61st anniversary of the first flight of the F-101 Voodoo, on 29 September 1954. Ship No.1, 53-2418, ha...
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Monday, August 31, 2015
A Story of the Stratotanker
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Today marks the first flight of the famed Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker on 31 August 1956. By the following spring, the USAF had a grand tota...
Friday, August 28, 2015
Supersonic Propeller Research: The XF-88B Voodoo
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Into the early 1950s, both the Air Force and the NACA had maintained a continuing interest in high-performance turboprop aircraft. NACA wa...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Lies and Damned Lies! (Followed by Statistics): Night Fighter Ops in the Korean War
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While conducting research for a new book on early USAF interceptor development, I wanted to find out about the combat record of F-94s, the f...
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