Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing Historian
WWII-era American cargo airplanes were simply airliners with the
passenger seats ripped out. They sat high off the ground and the cargo
went in and out through an enlarged passenger door on the side. Most
were
July 20, 2007 ×
Christine June
U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern
Free skating and crafts equaled family fun at the U.S. Army Garrison
Kaiserslautern
July 13, 2007 ×
Christine June
U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern
Pop-rock band, Lit, and Country-Western band, Matt Poss & The Wild
Bunch performed several back-to-back concerts here in late June.
July 13, 2007 ×
Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing Historian
It was 1967. I was in pilot training, and the air war over North
Vietnam, called Rolling Thunder, was raging, and Air Force aircraft
were going daily to the flak and SAM filled skies over Hanoi and
suffered brutal losses.We young lieutenants listened to the stories of
the war from those who had returned with a mix of fear and awe. The
famous names rolled across half a world − Kasler, Risner, Broughton,
Richter − but above all was Olds.
July 13, 2007 ×
Courtesy of 86th Maintenance Group
The fabrication flight is one of the largest and busiest of seven
flights assigned to the 86th Maintenance Squadron. Fifty-eight people
work in four distinct duty sections: structural maintenance, metals
technology, non-destructive inspection and survival equipment. Together
they help the 86th Maintenance Group keep the 40-plus year-old aircraft
mission ready day in and day out. Give these folks enough time and
material and they can make a C-130 from scratch. Here are a few
examples of what these maintainers achieve in keeping Ramstein
July 13, 2007 ×
Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing Historian
July 13, 2007 ×
Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing historian
Helicopters were just beginning to come into service at the end of
World War II, but the German Air Force had little need for one
June 29, 2007 ×
Airman 1st Class Marc Lane
The entire Le Bourget Airport is filled with the impressive roar of an
FA-18 tearing across the sky. Few of the daily flights highlighting the
capabilities of aircraft presented at the 47th International Paris Air
Show come close to that of the Boeing F/A-18 Hornet.
June 29, 2007 ×