Yesterday's Air Force: The Osage Warrior (Short version)
An Air Force history feature on General Clarence Tinker, and Air Force pioneer and the highest ranking Native American to serve in WWII. (1...
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Yesterday's Air Force
History and heritage vignettes profiling significant people and missions from the United States Air Force's past.
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20 of 22 episodesYesterday's Air Force: The Cornfield Bomber (Short Version)
An Air Force history feature about a one in a million occurrence that happened in 1970, when an Air Force jet flew, and landed, without a pi...
Yesterday's Air Force: The Osage Warrior
An Air Force history feature on General Clarence Tinker, and Air Force pioneer and the highest ranking Native American to serve in WWII. (Fu...
Yesterday's Air Force: Cold War Satellites
An Air Force history feature on the early space vehicles that helped America keep tabs on the Soviets during the Cold War. (Full length vers...
Yesterday's Air Force: The President's Pilot on 9/11
Air Force History feature on the pilot of Air Force One, and his recollections of 9/11. (Full length version for broadcast or social media)
Yesterday's Air Force: The Cornfield Bomber
An Air Force history feature about a one in a million occurrence that happened in 1970, when an Air Force jet flew, and landed, without a pi...
Yesterday's Air Force: Flying Leap
Air Force history feature on Col. Joseph Kittinger, a pioneer free fall and parachute testing. (Full Length version for broadcast or social...
Yesterday's Air Force: Bataan Death March
An Air Force history feature on one survivor of the infamous WWII Japanese POW camp on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines.
Yesterday's Air Force: "Belle"
An Air Force history feature on the ongoing restoration of the iconic WWII aircraft, the Memphis Belle.
Yesterday's Air Force: 1909 Wright Military Flyer
An Air Force history and heritage video about the Air Force's very first plane, the 1909 Wright Military Flyer, on display at the National M...
Yesterday's Air Force: Air Force Legend Betty Blake
In honor of Women's History Month, "Yesterday's Air Force" celebrates Betty Tackaberry Blake, an Air Force original and one of the greatest...
Yesterday's Air Force: The Plane that Ended World War II
Near the end of WWII, America was planning a full-scale invasion on mainland Japan. The Allies expected casualties on both sides to number i...
Yesterday's Air Force: The World's Fastest Plane
In the 1960's, the Air Force developed a plane that could travel more than 3 times as fast as the sound produced by its own enormous engines...
Yesterday's Air Force: The President's Plane
"Most people, when they hear 'Air Force One,' they think of the President. But for me... I think 'AIR FORCE One.' It's one of the major Air...
Yesterday's Air Force: Eddie Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker. Race car Driver. WWI Ace of Aces. Aviation Pioneer. Medal of Honor recipient. Learn about one of the Air Force’s early l...
Yesterday's Air Force: FIFI
The B-29 is known for dropping the bomb that ended WWII, but these workhorses did more than those last two missions. Today we introduce you...
Yesterday's Air Force: Secret Squirrel
Operation Senior Surprise, known by those who took part as Operation Secret Squirrel, was a secret mission that began Operation Desert Storm...
Yesterday's Air Force: ICBM Evolution
The Cold War sparked the evolution of America's most powerful nuclear deterrent, intercontinental ballistic missiles. Links: https://www.you...
Air Force Report: Pilot Evasion
Aircrew must be prepared to evade the enemy if struck down. Evasion training increases their odds of surviving.
Yesterday's Air Force: ICBM Evolution
The Cold War sparked the evolution of America's most powerful nuclear deterrent, intercontinental ballistic missiles. Links: https://www.you...