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The Flight to Freedom of a Prized MiG-15The Republic F-105F-1 “Thunderchief” • Tuskegee Top Gun – Alva Temple • Virginia Hall – Super Spy
75th Anniversary – The End of World War IIWorld War II Tribute • Rosie, the Riveter Icon • National Aviation Day • Cumulus 2F Glider • Arsenal of Democracy Parade
August 11, 2020
America’s First Jet Fighter – The XP-59 “Airacomet”The Aviation Workforce Initiative (AWI) • Southern Airways and the “Skytrain”
October 1, 2020
February 1, 2022
On a bet, Richard Macon, a Birmingham native andgraduate of Miles College in Fairfield, AL with abachelor’s degree in mathematics, took the entranceexams for the U. […]
January 1, 2022
n January 5, 1967, a sister-ship of our museum’sLockheed A-12 (Article 131) was returning from atraining flight to the now well-known CIA’s advancedaviation research facility base […]
December 1, 2021
Wright Brothers Day commemorates the first successful flight of the Wright Flyer I, heavier-thanair powered aircraft built by Orville and Wilbur Wright. It took place on […]
In November 1950, the communists introduced the Soviet-built MiG-15 into battle. Its advanced design and exceptional performance startled United Nations forces. The US hoped one of the planes could be acquired for technical analyses and flight evaluation, but MiG-15 pilots were very careful not to fly over UN territory where they might be forced down.
