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At the Maxwell Air Park, (clockwise from top) A B-52 Stratofortress lines the west side of the park. The B-52 is the only aircraft in the park that was flown to Maxwell. Then-Air University Commander Lt. Gen. Charles Cleveland speaks at the public dedication ceremony of the park July 7, 1983. General Cleveland stands before the “Chris Craft” F-86A Sabre 15 years after its dedication. The “Chris Craft,” named after General Cleveland’s son, was the aircraft he used to shoot down five MiG-15s during the Korean War. A World War II vintage B-25 Mitchell occupies the predominant space at the south end of Maxwell’s Air Park. A statue of 1st Lt. Karl Richter, who was killed in action in 1967 in Vietnam, adorns the north end of the park and is surrounded by four vintage Air Force fighters. (Air Force illustration/Michael Paul)


Maxwell's Air Park: From discarded idea to distinguished landmark

At the Maxwell Air Park, (clockwise from top) A B-52 Stratofortress lines the west side of the park. The B-52 is the only aircraft in the park that was flown to Maxwell. Then-Air University Commander Lt. Gen. Charles Cleveland speaks at the public dedication ceremony of the park July 7, 1983. General Cleveland stands before the “Chris Craft” F-86A Sabre 15 years after its dedication. The “Chris Craft,” named after General Cleveland’s son, was the aircraft he used to shoot down five MiG-15s during the Korean War. A World War II vintage B-25 Mitchell occupies the predominant space at the south end of Maxwell’s Air Park. A statue of 1st Lt. Karl Richter, who was killed in action in 1967 in Vietnam, adorns the north end of the park and is surrounded by four vintage Air Force fighters. (Air Force illustration/Michael Paul)

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Elements of the 97th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, arrived at Royal Air Force High Wycombe, England on May 12, 1942. On August 17, 1942, three months later, 12 B-17s from the 97 BG, led by then Major Paul Tibbets, carried out the first high altitude AAF heavy bomber raid over Europe against the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville, France.
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Elements of the 97th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, arrived at Royal Air Force High Wycombe, England on May 12, 1942. On August 17, 1942, three months later, 12 B-17s from the 97 BG, led by then Major Paul Tibbets, carried out the first high altitude AAF heavy bomber raid over Europe against the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville, France.
Elements of the 97th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, arrived at Royal Air Force High Wycombe, England on May 12, 1942. On August 17, 1942, three months later, 12 B-17s from the 97 BG, led by then Major Paul Tibbets, carried out the first high altitude AAF heavy bomber raid over Europe against the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville, France.
Elements of the 97th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, arrived at Royal Air Force High Wycombe, England on May 12, 1942. On August 17, 1942, three months later, 12 B-17s from the 97 BG, led by then Major Paul Tibbets, carried out the first high altitude AAF heavy bomber raid over Europe against the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville, France.
Christelle Magnee, French Air Force 2nd Lt. Bernad Scheidhauer’s great niece, and Caroline Kennard, Royal Air Force Squadron leader Roger Bushell’s niece, unveil a memorial to their relatives on July 1, 2017 outside Ramstein, German. Bushell and Scheidhauer were among the 76 Allied prisoners of war who had escaped from Luft Stalag III at Sagan, Germany (now Poland) on March 24, 1944, in what became known as “The Great Escape.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)
Maj. Gen. Timothy Fay, vice commander U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Dr. Silvano Wueschner, Air University historian, Brig. Gen. Richard G. Moore, commander 86 Airlift Wing and Chief Master Sgt. Aaron D. Bennett, 86 Airlift Wing command, pose for a photo before the dedication of memorial for Royal Air Force Squadron leader Roger Bushell and French Air Force 2nd Lt. Bernad Scheidhauer, July 1, 2017, outside Ramstein, Germany. Both men were part of the “Great Escapees,” who were executed by the Gestapo on March 29, 1944 near present-day Ramstein Air Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)