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   NALF Fentress Arrival
   15 x 30 Oil on Canvas
    $1650
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​    Depicted is an F-18C from NAS Oceana practicing carrier landings at the base’s auxiliary landing field. The
    pilot flying the aircraft is the son of friends of mine. I took the reference photo during one of the great
    events put together for “Family Day.” In about two weeks after this day the pilots in this class graduated
                                                                                               from this advanced training and were assigned to specific carriers and squadrons.

Picture
   Formation at Bryan
   11x14 Oil on Linen
   NFS
   Following training in the T-28, it was on to advanced training in the T-33. Next would come the F-86.

Picture
   Training at Marianna
   11x14 Oil on Linen
   NFS
   Following initial flight training in the T-34, dad trained in the T-28 Trojan.

Picture
​   Minimums at Ramstein
   15 x 30 Oil on Linen
   $1550

   In my nine-years in the Air Force I flew only one actual precision approach down to minimums. It 
   was on a mission from Mildenhall AB, England to Ramstein AB, Germany. This painting depicts the
​   event.

Picture
   Talons Over Muleshoe
   15 x 30 Oil on Linen
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   Depicted is a four-ship sortie near graduation for the students involved, flying in one of the Reese
   AFB northwest training areas near Lubbock, Texas. The major landmark in this area is the little
   town of Muleshoe, Texas.

Picture
   BUFF
   15 x 30 Oil on Canvas
​   $1550
   
​   Depicted is a B-52D of the 6th Bombardment Wing at Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, NM, in
   1965 as part of the airborne alert of strategic forces during that era. The co-pilot is my father. I
​   painted this one monochromatically to further indicate the era.



Picture
So Long, Sabre
15 x 30 Oil on Canvas
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This painting was accomplished from a photo taken by my father after his last F-86 training flight in 1958 at Williams AFB, just outside of Phoenix, Arizona. The last flight was the return leg of a four-ship overnight “out and back” to Hill AFB in Utah. Being such a relatively short fight, the flight commander told dad, number four, drop into the “slot” position and they flew “diamond around Phoenix for a good long while.”
​                                                                                               The flight also held other special significance as they knew before their F-86 training began that the orders
                                                                                               for the entire class had been changed from F-100 follow-on training to B-47s.

Picture
Another Mission Tomorrow
16 x 20 Oil on Canvas
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​The day began very early; hours before sunrise, and included a round trip deep into Germany. The damage from the enemy’s shells and shrapnel has been repaired as the sun sets over the English countryside. There will be little rest; the Group has been alerted and there is “Another Mission Tomorrow”. 

Picture
Projection of Power
12 x 36 Oil on Canvas
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The presidential aircraft is a prominent symbol of the American presidency and the power associated with
                                                                                                the office. It is the most famous and most photographed aircraft in the world. Air Force One is the official 
                                                                                                air traffic control call sign of anyUnited States Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United
                                                                                                States. Since 1990, the president has predominantly flown in one of two Boeing VC-25As (depicted in the
​                                                                                                painting,) which are specially configured Boeing 747-200B series aircraft. 

Picture
Dual Only
12 x 24 Oil on Masonite
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Thousands of former and current Air Force pilots have flown the T-38 as part of their UPT (Undergraduate Pilot Training) curriculum. Once proficient in the contact phase of the syllabus in the “Talon”, two-ship formation is introduced. The flight depicted here is early in the formation phase of training. Each student still has their instructor in the back seat as the flying status is “dual only.” A few non-syllabus training
​                                                                                               experiences will be available on this mission with the addition of a solid overcast of clouds in the region.
                                                                                               How incredible it is to break out of the top of the clouds with another Talon. You get a true sense of how
​                                                                                               fast you are going as the clouds skirt by and fall away at 300 knots.

Picture
   Tweet Solo
   12 x 24 Oil on Canvas
   $1025
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   The reference photo for this painting was taken of me by one of two instructors in the other jet on my
   formation solo sortie at Reese AFB in Lubbock, Texas. It was one of my last T-37 sorties before
   transitioning to the T-38 for the last half of Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training.

Picture
Corsair
14 x 11 Oil on Canvas
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This painting depicts Captain Phillip C. DeLong’s F4U Corsair. Captain DeLong was a World War II ace with 11 1/6 victories, then later he shot down a pair of North Korean YAK aircraft in the Korean War.

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