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World War II paratroop reenactors land at museum
World War II paratroop reenactors float down toward their landing zone near the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on April 27, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. A total of 17 reenactors jumped from two WWII-era C-47 Skytrains that had also dropped paratroopers over Normandy on D-Day. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
World War II paratroop reenactors land at museum
The C-47 Skytrain Tico Belle prepares to land on the runway behind the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on April 27, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, after delivering World War II paratroop reenactors to their landing zone. Tico Belle, a veteran of the D-Day invasion, was on display at the museum until its departure the next day. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Dale Davis, a Champaign Aviation Museum volunteer, cleans the nose window of the World War II-era B-25 bomber Champaign Gal on April 23, 2022, in Urbana, Ohio. The Champaign Gal 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
Champaign Gal, a B-25 Mitchell bomber, sits on jack stands in the Champaign Aviation Museum on March 12, 2022, in Urbana, Ohio. Museum staff and volunteers removed the plane’s wheels and main mounts for maintenance. The propellers were removed and sent to Michigan for recertification. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
B-25 technical manuals sit on a workbench at the Champaign Aviation Museum on March 12, 2022, in Urbana, Ohio. Old manuals are referred to for maintenance on the old plane. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Randy Kemp works in one of the engine cowlings of the Champaign Gal, a World War II-era B-25 bomber, on Feb. 12, 2022, at the Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana, Ohio. Kemp oversees maintenance on the 78-year-old plane to keep it airworthy. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Air Force ROTC cadets salute Tipi Minnehan Dec. 23, 2020, on her 100th birthday in Fairborn, Ohio. Minnehan is a veteran having served in the Army during, and for a few years after, World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Well-wishers hold up signs Dec. 23, 2020, wishing Tipi Minnehan a happy 100th birthday. Friends and family, in a long line of cars, drove past the World War II Army veteran’s residence in Fairborn, Ohio, to safely wish her well. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Tipi Minnehan greets family and friends during a birthday parade held in honor of her 100th birthday Dec. 23, 2020. Friends and family, in a long line of cars, drove past the World War II Army veteran’s residence in Fairborn, Ohio, to safely wish her well. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright Brothers Memorial
Brig. Gen. John Newberry, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Bomber Directorate executive officer, is the guest speaker at the annual anniversary of first powered flight ceremony, Dec. 17, 2020, at the Wright Brothers Memorial on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Newberry talked of how modern aircraft built on the technology developed by the Wright brothers. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright Brothers Memorial
Amanda Wright Lane and Stephen Wright, great-grandniece and great-grandnephew of the Wright brothers, and Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, lay a wreath at the Wright Brothers Memorial Dec. 17, 2020, during the annual anniversary of the first flight ceremony held on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The memorial overlooks Huffman Prairie where the Wright brothers taught themselves and others how to fly. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
B-1 Lancer Bomber flies over the Wright Brothers Memorial on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
A U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer Bomber flies over the Wright Brothers Memorial on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Dec. 17, 2020. The flight was part of the annual ceremony marking the 117th anniversary of the first powered flight of an airplane. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Senior Airman MeLan Smartt sings the national anthem as Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, salutes at the start of the annual ceremony, held at the Wright Brothers Memorial on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Dec. 17, 2020, marking the 117th anniversary of the first powered flight. The memorial overlooks Huffman Prairie where the Wright Brothers taught themselves and others how to fly. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Amanda Wright Lane and Stephen Wright, great-grandniece and grandnephew of the Wright brothers, and Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, lay a wreath at the Wright Brothers Memorial Dec. 17, 2020, during the annual anniversary of the first flight ceremony held on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The memorial overlooks Huffman Prairie where the Wright Brothers taught themselves and others how to fly. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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A panel of Air Force Institute of Technology alumni who went on to become astronauts discuss how AFIT impacted their careers and the future of space as part of the AFIT Centennial Symposium on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2019. The panel, which included Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, and Guy Bluford, the first African-American in space, also took questions from the audience of AFIT students. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Retired Air Force Col. Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, makes a point during a panel discussion by Air Force Institute of Technology alumni astronauts as part of the AFIT Centennial Symposium on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2019. Retired Col. Guy Bluford, the first African-American in space, also took part in the panel that addressed how AFIT impacted their careers, the future of space and took questions from the audience. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
WWII veteran to parachute into history with help of AFRL researcher
Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate employee Kevin Price (left) and World War II veteran Jim “Pee Wee” Martin look over the C-47 aircraft displayed at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on August 30, 2019. Price will accompany the 98-year-old Martin in September as he travels to the Netherlands to parachute into the region he helped liberate 75 years ago as part of Operation Market Garden. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Holly Jordan)
WWII veteran to parachute into history with help of AFRL researcher
Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate employee Kevin Price (left) and World War II veteran Jim “Pee Wee” Martin look over the C-47 aircraft displayed at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on August 30, 2019. Price will accompany the 98-year-old Martin in September as he travels to the Netherlands to parachute into the region he helped liberate 75 years ago as part of Operation Market Garden. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Holly Jordan)
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Col. Thomas P. Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, speaks at the Wright Brothers Memorial on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Dec. 17, 2018, during the annual observance marking the anniversary of the Wright Bothers’ first powered flight. Speakers from the National Aviation Heritage Area and the National Park Service joined in the event prior to a wreath laying by base officials and members of the Wright family. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Local U.S. Air Force, National Park Service officials and members of the public gather, Dec. 17, 2018, at the Wright Brothers Memorial on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to mark the 115th anniversary of the brothers’ famous first powered flight. The ceremony included a wreath laying and the flyby of a C-17 Globemaster III from the 445th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)