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Kevin Rusnak, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center chief historian, tells attendees about the history of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at a community reception marking the base’s 96th anniversary, Oct. 12, 2023. The event also featured a flyover of a Wright B Flyer and a performance of the Air Force Band of Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Kevin Rusnak, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center chief historian, tells attendees about the history of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at a community reception marking the base’s 96th anniversary, Oct. 12, 2023. The event also featured a flyover of a Wright B Flyer and a performance of the Air Force Band of Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Tech. Sgt. Ainsley DeWitt and the Air Force Band of Flight rock ensemble Flight One perform at a community reception marking Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s 96th anniversary, Oct. 12, 2023. The event featured a flyover by a replica of the historic Wright B Flyer. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Senior Airman Christopher Arellano and Tech. Sgt. Ainsley DeWitt, Air Force Band of Flight rock ensemble Flight One members, perform at a community reception marking the base’s 96th anniversary at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2023. The event featured a flyover by a replica of the historic Wright B Flyer. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
The White Bird: A living tribute to aviation history
The Wright Model B lookalike, nicknamed the White Bird, is flown over Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2023. The aircraft is operated and maintained by Wright B Flyer Inc., a Dayton-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of aviation history. The group engages in educational and public-outreach activities to inspire a new generation of aviation enthusiasts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brian Dietrick)
The White Bird: A living tribute to aviation history
The Wright Model B lookalike, nicknamed the White Bird, is flown over Huffman Prairie on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2023. The aircraft is operated and maintained by Wright B Flyer Inc., a Dayton-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of aviation history. The group engages in educational and public-outreach activities to inspire a new generation of aviation enthusiasts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brian Dietrick)
The White Bird: A living tribute to aviation history
The Wright Model B lookalike, nicknamed the White Bird, is flown over Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2023. The aircraft is operated and maintained by Wright B Flyer Inc., a Dayton-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of aviation history. The group engages in educational and public-outreach activities to inspire a new generation of aviation enthusiasts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brian Dietrick)
The White Bird: A living tribute to aviation history
The Wright Model B lookalike, nicknamed the White Bird, is flown over Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2023. The aircraft is operated and maintained by Wright B Flyer Inc., a Dayton-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of aviation history. The group engages in educational and public-outreach activities to inspire a new generation of aviation enthusiasts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brian Dietrick)
The White Bird: A living tribute to aviation history
The Wright Model B lookalike, nicknamed the White Bird, is flown over Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2023. The aircraft is operated and maintained by Wright B Flyer Inc., a Dayton-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of aviation history. The group engages in educational and public-outreach activities to inspire a new generation of aviation enthusiasts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brian Dietrick)
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Lahm Circle on Area A at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is named for Brig. Gen. Frank P. Lahm. The road is in front of the Wright-Patt Club and Dodge Fitness Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
The Champaign Gal makes an approach over a rural Ohio cornfield as it comes home to Grimes Field on Aug. 27, 2022, in Urbana. The World War II-era bomber is one of the few B-25s still airworthy and flying. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
A ground crew of volunteers clean oil from the Champaign Gal’s engine cowlings and handle other postflight tasks, preparing to tow her back into the Champaign Aviation Museum on Aug. 27, 2022, in Urbana, Ohio. The volunteers, most of them veterans, keep the 78-year-old B-25 flying. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Veteran signatures line the inside of the B-25 Champaign Gal’s bomb bay doors in this photo taken July 15, 2022, at the Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana, Ohio. The museum’s volunteer crew fly the World War II-era plane to air shows and other events, where they provide a Living History Flight Experience to paying customers. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Chuck Mangold performs a preflight check on the Champaign Gal, a World War II B-25 bomber, on July 15, 2022, at Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio. Mangold, among the Champaign Aviation Museum volunteer pilots, has a day job as a flight safety officer in one of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s system program offices. He is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and C-130 pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Dave Shiffer (left), Champaign Aviation Museum executive director and head of flight operations, and volunteer Matt Davis help cycle a prop on the World War II B-25 bomber Champaign Gal while preparing to start the engine July 15, 2022, outside the museum at Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio. Each engine holds more than 45 gallons of oil, and some of it pools in the lower pistons when not in use. Cycling propellers distributes the oil, which prevents engine damage. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Exhaust bellows from the right engine as it coughs to life before a flight July 15, 2022, from Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio. The B-25 was on its way to Evansville Wartime Museum in Indiana for an event. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Tom Printz, Champaign Aviation Museum volunteer, directs the B-25 Champaign Gal toward a taxiway July 15, 2022, as it departs Urbana, Ohio, for an event in Evansville, Indiana. The museum’s volunteer crew fly the World War II-era plane to air shows and other events, where they provide a Living History Flight Experience to paying customers. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Bill Roundtree (front) and Lee Dwiggens, Champaign Aviation Museum volunteers, work on wiring May 21, 2022, in the tail section of Champaign Gal, a B-25 Mitchell bomber. Both Roundtree and Dwiggens served in the Navy as aviation electronics technicians and are among the many veterans who volunteer to work on the museum’s planes. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
World War II paratroop reenactors land at museum
The C-47 Skytrains Tico Belle (top) and Placid Lassie approach their drop zone near the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on April 27, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The two planes were among those used to drop troops on Normandy for D-Day during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
World War II paratroop reenactors land at museum
World War II paratroop reenactors jump from Tico Belle, a C-47 Skytrain, on April 27, 2022, over the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The aircraft, a veteran of the D-Day invasion, then landed on the runway behind the museum and was on display until its departure the next day. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)