On 21 October 1956, a US Air Force C‑124 landed in Antarctica after a 12½-hour flight from Christchurch, New Zealand initiating the Air Force’s participation in one of its longest running missions. Today, that mission is carried on primarily by US Air Force C17 Globemaster III’s manned by both active and reserve flight crews of […]
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This photo was taken 175 years ago and is one of the first images of a war ever captured on film. It was taken in 1847 of American cavalry riding into the city of Saltillo, during the the war with Mexico. This early photograph is known as a daguerrotype. Since its invention in 1839 photography […]
What is a “Snack Officer”, “Snacko”, “Snack Bar”, or “Snacko Duty”? In most flying squadrons pilots work long hours: mission planning, training, flying, debriefing, and many other tasks. With the demands of work, they do not always have time eat as they should. However, they still need something to sustain themselves. Thus, the need for […]
Here is the live auction from the “B-17 Alliance Foundation” to help raise funds for the restoration of the famous “Milwaukie Gas Station Bomber”!
During these difficult times, “Squadron Posters is open for business!” – We are here to help with some amazing art! Squadron Posters wanted to give everyone an update to let you know what we are doing to keep our employees safe/healthy and maintain business as usual during this Covid-19 crisis. Our employees and customer’s health […]
F-4 Phantom Artwork By – Squadron Posters! http://www.squadronposters.com/product-category/aircraft-posters/fighter-aircraft/f-4-phantom/ https://www.facebook.com/SquadronPosters/videos/1643326795781859/?t=3
Check out our NEW “Container” Block Letter Morale T-Shirts! See them all HERE What do these shirts say? See if you can get them all. Check answers below..http://www.squadronposters.com/product-category/t-shirts/container-shirts/.-BRRRRRRT is the sound the A-10 Warthog's gatling gun makes. -THE MERGE is when two fighters merge beak to beak and you are now in a high-G dogfight.-PELICANS are […]
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The “Predawn of Flight”! Is anyone still alive who lived prior to the Wright Brothers 1st flight? The answer may surprise you… The Wright brothers built and tested a series of kite and glider designs from 1900 to 1902 before attempting to build a powered design. The gliders worked, but not as well as the Wrights […]
Want us to make you Custom Nose Art? Check out the video below… Metal Nose Art Want us to make you custom nose art? Comment below and most likes gets priority. John requested us to make Restore Nose Art for his Grandfather's B-24 Liberator "Louise Mary", we started with a grainy photo and this video […]
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said they have successfully flown the first “solid state” airplane that has no moving parts and does not rely on fossil fuels to fly. The flight is a milestone in “Ionic Wind” technology and could pave the way for quieter and environmentally cleaner aircraft in the future, […]
100 years ago… Long before the internet or cell phones there was a brave group of women called the: “Hello Girls”! – American female telephone switchboard operators in World War I, formally known as the “Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit”. During World War I, these switchboard operators were sworn into the U.S. Army Signal Corps. This corps were formed in […]