The air force is retiring its fleet of six Lockheed P-3K2 Orions in preparation for the arrival of four new Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes.
After five years of planning and three years of preparation, the General Carl Spaatz National U.S. Army Air Force Museum in Boyertown is set to open on Saturday, Oct. 2.
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Close-up photo of a World War II ace s victory marking (left) appears identical to a just-discovered souvenir brought home by a ground crewman 76 years ago.
When Dave Seuf of Utica, New York, was going through his late father’s souvenirs from his service in World War II recently, he found a small scrap of aluminum aircraft skin painted with a black cross, such as those applied to the sides of Allied fighter planes to represent Luftwaffe aircraft shot down. Seuf knew his father had served as a ground crewman with the 4th Fighter Group at Debden, England, but as his father never talked about his service, he had no idea what the cross represented. So he posted a photo on the 4th Group’s Facebook page.