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 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 […]
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 […]
Lucasfilm and visionary director J.J. Abrams join forces to take you back again to a galaxy far, far away as “Star Wars” returns to the big screen with “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Episode VII in the Star Wars Saga, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, opens in theaters December 18, 2015. You can fly in […]
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 […]
Ethan Hawk plays an ex-F-16 pilot who begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot. [fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”true” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] [fbshare type=”button”]
This day in Military Naval History: March 11th 1916 – USS Nevada (BB-36) is commissioned as the first US Navy “super-dreadnought”. USS Nevada (BB-36), the second United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships; her sister ship was Oklahoma. Launched in 1914, the Nevada was a […]
This day in Military Aviation History 21 February 1910: Douglas R. S. Bader was born. His story is simply legendary! Group Captain Sir Douglas R. S. Bader, Royal Air Force, (CBE, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, FRAeS, DL), legendary fighter pilot of the Royal Air Force in World War II, was born at St. John’s […]
This day in Military Aviation History, 18 February 1943: The 1st class of 39 flight nurses graduated from the U.S. Army Air Force School of Air Evacuations at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Second Lieutenant Geraldine Dishroon, the honor graduate, received the first wings presented to a flight nurse. Major General David N.W. Grant, Air Surgeon, U.S. […]
[show-logos orderby=’none’ category=’aircraft-category’ activeurl=’same’ style=’hgrayscale’ interface=’hcarousel’ tooltip=’false’ limit=’0′ ] [fbshare type=”button”] This movie looks interesting… Bradley Cooper plays a celebrated Air Force contractor, somehow pisses off his boss (Alec Baldwin) and his sidekick Danny McBride. He returns to his home town in Hawaii on a C-17 landing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. […]
This Day In Aviation History – Feb 13th 1917 Francis Thomas Evans, Sr. (3 June 1886 – 14 March 1974) was a pioneer aviator. He was one of the earliest United States Marine Corps aviators and the first person to perform a loop in seaplane and a pioneer of stall and spin recovery techniques. Evans was born in Delaware, Ohio, on 3 June 1886. He became one of the […]
We thought it appropriate to share some of the inspiration for “Squadron Posters” where we use modern military aviation, ships, armored cavalry, and duty stations and apply a vintage style twist that dates back to WWI. At “Squadron Posters” we turn military Bases into vintage themed travel posters that are: “Man Cave Worthy and Spouse […]