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Air show announcer and producer Lunar Sawyer is ready to see her husband take to the sky in “Wild Blue,” the “little RV-8A that dreams of being a fighter jet.” For today only, from the Coeur d’Alene ...
The F4U Corsair, one of the most iconic fighters of World War II, goes head-to-head with the formidable MiG-15, a jet-powered ...
In one particularly noteworthy engagement on October 17, 1943, then-Major Boyington led a formation of 24 gull-winged Vought F4U Corsair fighters over Kahili Airfield on the island of Bougainville ...
LIFESTYLE Jack Carr's take on Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington, born on this day, Dec. 4, 1912: 'Larger-than-life hero to me' Bestselling author of upcoming ‘Targeted’ nonfiction series reflects on ...
Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington assumed command of Marine Corsair squadron VMF-214, nicknamed the 'Black Sheep' squadron, on September 7, 1943. During less than 5 months of action, Boyington received ...
On Thursday, a Corsair F4U — owned by the Erickson Aircraft Collection museum in Madras, Oregon — swooped into the Tacoma Narrows Airport in Gig Harbor in preparation for Friday’s ceremony.
A few minutes before 3:00 pm, an F4U Corsair fighter plane from World War II buzzed over Tacoma's Lincoln High School. The flyover honored one of the war's best pilots: Gregory "Pappy" Boyington ...
AN F4U Corsair will be flying in to Boyington Field on August 13, giving community members a glimpse of one of the famous warbirds that flew during WWII.
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington's last battle was tough, but he prevailed because fellow Marines had his back. A two-year fight to rename the airport in Boyington's hometown in honor of the troubled ...
They were Marine Attack Squadron 214, better known as Black Sheep Squadron led by the maverick fighter ace Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington.
“It means everything to us,” said Garth Haddock, a Coeur d’Alene retiree who, like Boyington, flew a Corsair F4U fighter during World War II. “I can’t see why they wouldn’t do that.
Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington assumed command of Marine Corsair squadron VMF-214, nicknamed the 'Black Sheep' squadron, on September 7, 1943. During less than 5 months of action, Boyington received ...