Arizona Military Museum in Phoenix
Travel with me to the Arizona Military Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Arizona's Largest POW camp
During WWII as the allied troops invaded Africa, Italy and later Europe large numbers of Italian and German troops surrendered creating a large prisoner population. Since Europe was engulfed in War and the United States has lost a major source of manpower it was decided to establish Prisoner of War Camps throughout the U.S. and put the prisoners to work, thus compensating for the loss of labor when most able bodied men joined the military to serve the war.
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TOP 10. Best Military Museums in United States
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TOP 10. Best Military Museums in United States: The National WWII Museum, New Orleans; National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola; National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg; Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant; Battleship NORTH CAROLINA, Wilmington; U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis; National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle; USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, Honolulu; US Army Museum of Hawaii, Honolulu;
The American Military Museum
Taking a little trip to see some tanks.....Heck Yes!
Marines training exercise brings military helicopters to Phoenix
Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) at Camp Pendleton, California are in town for a Realistic Urban Training exercise.
Air Force Museum (Things to do in Phoenix Arizona)
The Commemorative Air Force Museum is the largest unit of the international commemorative air force. This museum was rated as one of the top attractions in Phoenix area. The museum is located @ 2017 N Greenfield Rd Mesa, Arizona 85215. And if you want you to fulfill a life long bucket list, you can pay to take a ride in one of the following aircraft. Boeing B -17G Bomber, B-25J Mitchell Bomber, C-47/DC-3 Skytrain, Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor and many more. This place is a must visit for the hole family.
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Papago Park in Arizona
Travel with me to Papago Park in Arizona.
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Visiting a Military Aircraft Boneyard in the desert!
In this little bonus video I show a tour of AMARG, a part of the US Air Force that maintains, regenerates and scraps all sorts of military aircraft. It is located at the Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson Arizona. In cooperation with the Pima Air and Space Museum, you can visit this aircraft boneyard as a civilian.
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WORLDS LARGEST us air force AIRCRAFT GRAVEYARD documentary
An interesting documentary about the world famous US Air Force bone yard for surplus or out dated aircraft. Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DM AFB) (IATA: DMA, ICAO: KDMA, FAA LID: DMA) is a United States Air Force base located within the city limits approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southeast of downtown Tucson, Arizona. It was established in 1925 as Davis-Monthan Landing Field. The host unit headquartered at Davis–Monthan is the 355th Fighter Wing assigned to Twelfth Air Force, part of Air Combat Command (ACC). The base is best known as the location of the Air Force Materiel Command's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), the aircraft boneyard for all excess military and government aircraft.
Overview[edit]
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base is a key ACC installation. The 355th Fighter Wing (355 FW) is the host unit, providing medical, logistical, mission and operational support to all assigned units. This wing's combat mission is providing A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support and OA-10 forward air controllers to ground forces worldwide. The 355 FW provides initial and recurrent training to all U.S. Air Force A-10, OA-10 and EC-130 pilots and crews. The 355th is also the ACC's executive agent for INF and START treaty compliance.
One of the wing's tenant units, the 55th Electronic Combat Group, is tasked to provide command, control and communications countermeasures in support of tactical forces with its EC-130H aircraft; and, employing the EC-130E aircraft, provide airborne command, control and communications capabilities for managing tactical air operations in war and other contingencies worldwide.
Two other major tenants, the 563rd Rescue Group (structured under the 23d Wing, Moody Air Force Base) and 943rd Rescue Group (structured under the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base), are tasked to provide combat search and rescue support worldwide.
As the location of the Air Force Materiel Command's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), Davis–Monthan Air Force Base is the sole aircraft boneyard for excess military and government aircraft. Tucson's dry climate and alkali soil made it an ideal location for aircraft storage and preservation.
History
The base was named in honor of World War I pilots Lieutenants Samuel H. Davis (1896–1921) and Oscar Monthan (1885–1924), both Tucson natives. Davis, who attended the University of Arizona prior to enlisting in the Army in 1917, died in a Florida aircraft accident in 1921. Monthan enlisted in the Army as a private in 1917, was commissioned as a ground officer in 1918, and later became a pilot; he was killed in the crash of a Martin bomber in Hawaii in 1924.
Origins[edit]
In 1919, the Tucson Chamber of Commerce aviation committee established the nation's first municipally owned airfield at the current site of the Tucson Rodeo Grounds. The rapid increase in aviation activities meant a move in 1927 to the site which is now Davis–Monthan Air Force Base. After the City of Tucson acquired land southeast of town for a runway in 1925, Charles Lindbergh, fresh from his nonstop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, flew his Spirit of St. Louis to Tucson in 1927 to dedicate Davis-Monthan Field, then the largest municipal airport in the United States.
Military presence at the field began when Sergeant Simpson relocated his fuel and service operation to the site on 6 October 1927. He kept a log containing names of the field's customers, including Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Benjamin Foulois, and Jimmy Doolittle. Doolittle, awarded the Medal of Honor for his 1942 Tokyo raid, was the first military customer at the field on 9 October 1927. The combination of civil and military operations worked well until the early 1940s, when military requirements began to require the relocation of civil aviation activities.
World War II[edit]
Davis-Monthan Airport became Tucson Army Air Field in 1940, as the United States prepared for World War II. The first assigned U.S. Army Air Corps units were the 1st Bomb Wing, 41st Bomb Group and 31st Air Base Group, activating on 30 April 1941 with Lieutenant Colonel Ames S. Albro Sr. as commanding officer.[5] In its military role, the base became known as Davis-Monthan Army Air Field on 3 December 1941. Air Corps leaders utilize the airfield, sending Douglas B-18 Bolo, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers, for training and observation missions.
Postwar years
With the end of the war, operations at the base came to a virtual standstill. It was then the base was selected as a storage site for hundreds of decommissioned aircraft, with the activation of the 4105th Army Air Force Unit. The 4105th oversaw the storage of excess B-29s and C-47 Gooney Birds. Tucson's low humidity and alkali soil made it an ideal location for aircraft storage and preservation, awaiting cannibalization or possible reuse — a mission that has continued to this day.
Cold War[edit]
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Williams Field 1941-1993 - Mesa Arizona
Williams AFB was active as a training base for both the United States Army Air Forces, as well as the United States Air Force from 1941 until its closure in 1993. Williams was the leading pilot training facility of the USAF, supplying 25% of all pilots.
Williams AFB was named in honor of Arizona native 1st Lt Charles Linton Williams 1898-1927.
Williams field was support by 5 auxiliary air fields, we will be checking out 2 of them in this video.
1. Gilbert Field
2. Rittenhouse Field
Previous names;
Mesa Military Airport - June 1941
Higley Field - Oct 1941
Williams Field - Feb 1942
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Military Vehicles at Park Central Mall, Phoenix Arizona
Here is a line up of a few Army trucks, jeeps and a helicopter
at the cruise on central at park central mall
Phoenix AZ.
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Only Once A Year At 11:11 AM The Sun Aligns Perfectly To Uncover This Memorial’s Hidden Beauty
The Anthem Veterans Memorial (AVM) in Anthem, Arizona, is a monument in honor of the service and sacrifice of the United States armed forces. It is, however, “incomplete” 364 days per year. To fully appreciate it, you have to be there at a very specific time. And sun.
“At precisely 11:11 a.m. [PT] each Veterans Day (Nov. 11), the sun’s rays pass through the ellipses of the five Armed Services pillars to form a perfect solar spotlight over a mosaic of The Great Seal of the United States,” the city’s community council writes. “The five pillars represent the unity of the five branches of the United States military serving steadfast together.” Those include the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force and the United States Coast Guard. “They are staggered in size with their appropriate military seal placements on each pillar based upon the Department of Defense prescribed precedence.”
A lot of consideration went into building this monument. “Each year, the center of the sun is slightly offset from other years by just a few horizontal or vertical arc-seconds relative to the timing of the required azimuth/altitude position of the sun,” AVM chief engineer Jim Martin explained. “Using the statistical mean of the 100-year data, the altitude and azimuth angles for the structure were adjusted to provide time/error fluctuation of plus or minus 12 time seconds from the International Atomic Time mark of 11:11:11 a.m. ... we also checked the variance 500 years out, and if the structure is still standing, it will work.”
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The Anthem Veterans Memorial in Anthem, Arizona, is “incomplete” 364 days per year
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But at precisely 11:11 a.m. each Veterans Day (Nov. 11), the sun’s rays pass through the pillars to illuminate The Great Seal of the United States
Image credits: Mike Spinelli
“The five pillars represent the unity of the five branches of the United States military serving steadfast together”
Image credits: Anthem Community Council
“They are staggered in size with their appropriate military seal placements on each pillar based upon the Department of Defense prescribed precedence”
Image credits: Anthem Community Council
A lot of consideration went into building this monument
Image credits: Mike Spinelli
Using 100-year statistical data, the altitude and azimuth angles for the structure were adjusted to provide time/error fluctuation of plus or minus 12 time seconds
Image credits: Anthem Community Council
“We also checked the variance 500 years out, and if the structure is still standing, it will work”
Image credits: Mike Spinelli
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Picacho Peak State Park in Arizona
Picacho Peak is a noted landmark in southern Arizona where one of the westernmost engagements of the Civil War took place on April 15, 1862.
Phoenix, AZ | Heard Museum (TRAVEL GUIDE) | Episode# 9
The Heard Museum travel guide for Phoenix, Arizona Visitors in this travel video guide by Hipfig.
Phoenix Heard Museum is an American Indian Arts museum located near downtown Phoenix.
1). Introduction of Heard Museum to new visitors to Phoenix Arizona,
2). Information on how to get to Heard Museum by Valley Metro rail, Public Bus and by Car in Phoenix,
3). Detailed information on Heard Museum in Phoenix including Car Parking, hours, ticket discounts, tours, Exhibits etc.
4). Things to see and do at this Heard Museum in Phoenix like Southwest Indian artwork, Jewelry, Hopi Dolls and More,
6). Travel tips for visiting Heard Museum in Phoenix, AZ
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Maine Military Museum
Maine Military Museum an American Military Experience
Goodyear - Ocotillo Cemetery/Chandler, Arizona
The Arizona Cotton boom occurred during WWI as a result of the development of Long Staple Egyptian Cotton. The town of Goodyear was established in 1917 by the tire company, specifically for establishing its factory and employees there.
The Goodyear - Ocotillo Cemetery Historical Marker reads - the land surrounding this cemetery represents the beginning of commercial cotton growing in Arizona.
In January 1917, during World War I, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company founded the Southwest Cotton Company to begin producing long - Staple cotton for domestic and military use.
People came from across the United States and Mexico to start a new life in the cotton fields. Migrant workers and their labor laid the agricultural foundation of the East Valley.
Davis-Monthan AFB 309th AMARG Boneyard in Tucson, AZ
Aerial photos and boneyard tour photographs taken at the 309th AMARG facility at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. Includes views from the bus tours of the largest airplane boneyard in the world, showing airplane storage areas and parts reclamation.
Phoenix Museum Flags
A memorable story from my days at KNXV-TV in Phoenix, when a controversial art exhibit opened. Shot and edited by photojournalist Hendrix Nowells 1995
Amazing Military Museum, Must See: weaponseducation
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