In 1919, the Aeromarine Plane & Motor Company took pride in stating that their company was already in business prior to WW1. They were not some new kid on the block, no, they had been around at least five years.
Coated in slabs of armor plating, and carrying more machine guns and cannons than there are days in the week, the GA-1 was an ungainly brute to fly. William Boeing is 3rd from left. One cannot fault Boeing for the design – he built what the Air Service asked for.
Four members of the USAF Fighter Tactics Team visit Itazuke Air Base to brief pilots on the latest ways to blow apart Soviet MiGs. L-R: Lt Col Robert E. Dawson, 35th Fighter Bomber Squadron commander, Lt. Walter Druen, Lt. Don L. Pascoe, Col. Orville Rehmann, 8th FBW commander, Capt. Brooks J. Liles, Maj. Frederick “Boots” Blesse. The four team members (in flight clothing) had shot down their fair share of MiGs in Korea – Blesse being a double ace – and were touring bases to bring their success stories to their fellow pilots.
The Jive Bomber 