Video by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot | 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard | 09.19.2024
B-roll video shows a Commemorative Air Force P-51 Mustang at a two day stop at the Sioux City, Iowa airport on September 19, 2024. The airport in Western Iowa is one of the last stops of the 2024 flying season for the aircraft and crew of the iconic World War II fighter plane dubbed, “Gunfighter”. According to their website, the Commemorative Air Fore was first organized in 1957 when......
Video by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot | 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard | 07.26.2022
B-roll video shows a piece of living Air Force history in Sioux City, Iowa on July 26, 2022. The World War II era B-17 bomber from the Commemorative Air Force was available for viewing at the airport over the weekend. During the short stay in Iowa enthusiasts got to see one of the few remaining actively flying, U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft up close. Interested......
Video by Senior Airman Thomas Johns | 23rd Wing | 05.31.2022
U.S. Air Force Maj. Will Piepenbring, 74th Fighter Squadron, Assistant Director of Operations, recently flew on a historic B-17G Flying Fortress. During the flight, Piepenbring reconnected with his families history as is grandfather was a B-17G pilot during World War II....