In Memory of those Who Have Made Their Last Flight High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split

Navigators in Multiple Classes Richard (Dick) A. Bain (52-05, 61-18, 63-19) Josh Batchelder (52-??(RI) & 64-04) Walter F. Sosnowski (62-16 & 63-06RI) Navigator Conversion to Combat Systems Officer A Combat Systems Officer (CSO) is a

This section includes interesting facts and photos about equipment navigators and observers use such as sextants, plotters, etc.  

James Connally & Harlingen AFB Aviation Cadet Program History. (By Ron Barrett, 63-06-JC) The Flying/Aviation Cadet pilot training program was responsible for the training of almost all of the rated officers in the Signal Corps,

From 1917 to 1965 the primary program for flight training and rating officers as pilots and navigators for the US Army Air Corps, the US Army Air Force, and the US Air Force, was the

James Connally/Harlingen/AFNOA Navigator reunion attendance: 1993 Location: San Antonio, TX Attendance: 40 Classes 64-02, 64-04 1994 Location: San Antonio, TX Attendance: 60 Classes 63-20 thru 64-05 1996 Location: San Antonio, TX Attendance: 70 Classes 63-17

Reunion – Last

LOCATOR ACTIONS for 2013 Trying to locate people from Connally & Harlingen navigator/observers classes listed below: 52-02 54-10 54-19 59-01 to 59-18 (Harlingen) 60-01 thru 61-22 & 62-18 The 2010 James Connally Navigator Reunion was

T-29″Flying Classroom” The C-131/T-29 is a USAF transport version of the Convair 240/340/440 series commercial airliners. The first Samaritan, a C-131A derived from the Convair 240, was delivered to the Air Force in 1954. It

F-94 Starfire

F-94 “Starfire” The two-seat F-94 was this nation’s first operational jet all-weather interceptor. It was developed from the single-seat F-80 Shooting Star which had been the Army Air Forces’ first operational jet aircraft procured in