B-17 Bombardier View

“The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.” -Ulysses S. Grant War is an unstoppable terror. There is no way to stop or avoid it. We can only face and end…

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B-17 in Flight

“…And I don’t believe in fighting the wind. You go and you fly with your wind. Let everyone else catch their own gusts of wind and let them fly with their own gusts of wind, and you go and you fly with yours.”  ― C. JoyBell C. Our pilots are perhaps the bravest men who ever…

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Aircraft Carrier Footage in Pacific

“No soldier outlives a thousand chances. But every soldier believes in chance and trusts his luck.” ―Erich Maria Remarque A soldier is a man who presses his luck with love and courage as guiding principles. He puts his life to the test and even sacrifice his life if needed, to serve his country and people.…

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97th BG 414th BS B-17 Mid-Air

“Photographs are usually looked at. But for you to know the story, what you need to do is to look into.” -Anonymous Freedom—a seven-letter word which means the world to people. It ignites one’s soul to conquer fear and embrace courage. It inspires people to unite and fight as a single force. Freedom is a…

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The Glory of F-35B

“And like no other sculpture in the history of art, the dead engine and dead airframe come to life at the touch of a human hand, and join their life with the pilot’s own.” ― Richard Bach To fly is to be free. To fly is to be in control. To fly is to be at…

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Aviation History

“The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.” ― J.M. Barrie When you look at the sky, what can you see? When you see birds fly, what comes to your mind? When you feel the wind, what do you feel inside?…

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The Unbreakable 1936 Auto Assembly Line

“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Saint Francis of Assisi In life, we are not always blessed with the life we want. We cannot ask fate to give us the life we hope for. Though we may not have control over the lives we are given,…

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The B-17 Bomber

“Only those are fit to live, who are not afraid of dying.” -Gen. Douglas MacArthur The B-17 Bombers are some of our bravest soldiers. Operating a bomber plane is very complicated and risky even just during takeoff. Who can ever forget the tragedy of the first B-17 bomber plane crashing upon takeoff in 1935? The…

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