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Monthly Archives: April 2015

Norman Rockwell’s “Rosie the Riveter,” Mary Doyle Keefe

The model for Norman Rockwell’s “Rosie the Riveter,” Mary Doyle Keefe a symbol for American women working on the home front during World War II passed away at her home in Simsbury, Connecticut, at age 92 on April 21, 2015. According to the Associated Press, Keefe posed for Rockwell when she was a 19-year-old telephone operator living […]

US Navy drone makes history: first drone aerial refueling

US Navy drone makes history: first drone aerial refueling The US Navy conducted its 1st ever aerial refueling of it’s Northrop Grumman X-47B carrier based drone demonstrator aircraft Wednesday at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. The X-47B was refueled by an Omega Air Refueling Tanker, US Navy and Northrop Grumman officials said. The carrier based drone made aviation history when it flew […]

130 Army Troops sing Happy Birthday to Air Force Pilot’s Daughter. Awesome.

Checkout this video of a C-17 aircrew flying around the world. Army troops sing happy Birthday to Air Force Pilot’s Daughter at 3:11! Also there’s obligatory volleyball scenes and some really cool shots. [sws_facebook_share][sws_tweet_button title=”130 Army Troops sing Happy Birthday to AF Pilot’s Daughter” nickname=”” language=”en” count=”horizontal”] [/sws_tweet_button] [sws_divider_basic] 130 Army Troops sing Happy Birthday […]

Old School military propaganda Poster Art from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

At squadronposters.com we appreciate the the old school military aviation nose art and propaganda poster art from generations past. Nose art and propaganda poster art from WWI and WWII continues to inspire our vintage style military travel posters today! There are over 500 posters in the archival collection with 150 of them from the WWI era at […]