Showing posts with label THE YANKEE LADY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label THE YANKEE LADY. Show all posts

Monday, May 28, 2012

WWII FLYING B-17 FORTRESS "THE YANKEE LADY"



Active-duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard Airmen at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., get a close up look at a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on Oct. 12, 2006. The "Yankee Lady" is kept at the Yankee Air Museum in Belleville, Mich., and was at Andrews AFB for a flyover during the Air Force Memorial Dedication weekend at the Pentagon Oct. 14-15. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amaani Lyle)

A .50-calibur machinegun sits in the narrow tunneled fuselage of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Retired Maj. Gen. Richard Bodycombe, a former commander of the Air Force Reserve, and a crew flew the World War II aircraft from Detroit to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Oct. 12, 2006. The plane holds 12 machine guns and can carry up to 6,000 pounds of ordnance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amaani Lyle)


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