Teacher Appreciation Week at Exploration of Flight
Exploration of Flight (Centennial Airport)Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week at Wings Over the Rockies Exploration of Flight! We are offering…
Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week at Wings Over the Rockies Exploration of Flight! We are offering…
Discover your path to a career in aviation! Join us for our fourth annual exhibition…
This Mother's Day, celebrate with Mom at Wings Over the Rockies! Mom gets in FREE…
Expose yourself to the fun and challenges of backcountry flying! Meet pilots who enjoy escaping…
Based on a NASA graphic novel, campers will design a drag device system, learn about…
Look toward the sky… the blue sky. Learn how airplanes, helicopters, and experimental aircraft fly…
This camp is sold out. Plot a course for aviation adventure with pilots and professionals.…
This class is sold out. Become a drone pro this summer! Enroll in Wings Over…
Wings is moving our regularly scheduled Breakfast Fly-in to be held on June 15 (third…
Celebrate Father’s Day at Wings Over the Rockies! All dads will receive FREE admission at…
This camp is sold out. Learn the thrilling, high-flying aero game called Drone Soccer. Campers…
Visit Exploration of Flight on SCFD Free Day! Receive free admission on Friday, June 21…
The Harrier II first flew in 1981 and joined the Marine Corps in 1985. With four exhaust nozzles that can rotate from horizontal to vertical, the Harrier can “jump” off the ground in a short take off run or can even take off and land vertically. It can carry a wide array of bombs, rockets and missiles on six underwing hard points, plus a 25mm rotary cannon with up to 300 rounds of ammunition. Fully loaded, a Harrier carries more firepower than a World War II B-17 Flying Fortress bomber!
This Harrier on display at the Air & Space Museum has seen combat in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and the Red Sea, and has the 3rd highest number of combat hours of any Harrier. It is on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum.
The F-14 Tomcat played a leading role in the 1986 movie “Top Gun.” The Navy needed an airplane to protect its surface fleets from hostile aircraft and anti-ship missiles at long range. After a naval version of the Air Force’s F-111 fighter bomber proved was unsuitable for aircraft carrier operations, its radar and long-range AIM-54 Phoenix air intercept missile systems were transferred to an entirely new design, the F-14.
One of the most iconic symbols of the Vietnam War is the Bell UH-1 “Huey” helicopter. Hueys served throughout the conflict as troop and cargo carriers, air ambulances, and gunships with the US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
The Harrier II first flew in 1981 and joined the Marine Corps in 1985. With four exhaust nozzles that can rotate from horizontal to vertical, the Harrier can “jump” off the ground in a short take off run or can even take off and land vertically. It can carry a wide array of bombs, rockets and missiles on six underwing hard points, plus a 25mm rotary cannon with up to 300 rounds of ammunition. Fully loaded, a Harrier carries more firepower than a World War II B-17 Flying Fortress bomber!
This Harrier on display at the Air & Space Museum has seen combat in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and the Red Sea, and has the 3rd highest number of combat hours of any Harrier. It is on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum.
The F-14 Tomcat played a leading role in the 1986 movie “Top Gun.” The Navy needed an airplane to protect its surface fleets from hostile aircraft and anti-ship missiles at long range. After a naval version of the Air Force’s F-111 fighter bomber proved was unsuitable for aircraft carrier operations, its radar and long-range AIM-54 Phoenix air intercept missile systems were transferred to an entirely new design, the F-14.
One of the most iconic symbols of the Vietnam War is the Bell UH-1 “Huey” helicopter. Hueys served throughout the conflict as troop and cargo carriers, air ambulances, and gunships with the US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
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