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Wright "B" Flyers prepare for Centennial

Joe Tyler calls out instructions to volunteers wiggling the rest of the tail section while works a mounting bolt into a Wright "B" Modified Flyer in preperation on Feb. 27, 2010 for flyovers during the Centennial of Military Aviation at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas on March 2. Wright "B" Flyer Inc. and Texas Air Museum combined volunteers assembled two Wright "B" Flyers in San Antonio. This one, known as the "Brown Bird" has been modified with a metal frame essential instrumentation and communication for repeated frequent test and orientation flights. Texas Air Museum is hosting maintenance and flight operations for "Brown Bird." (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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Wright "B" Flyers prepare for Centennial

Don Stroud and Frank Fager, Wright "B" Flyer Inc. volunteers, work together to connect the structural and control cables of a Wright "B" Modified Flyer in preperation on Feb. 27, 2010 for flyovers during the Centennial of Military Aviation at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on March 2. Wright "B" Flyer Inc. and Texas Air Museum combined volunteers to assemble two Wright "B" Flyers in San Antonio. This one, known as the "Brown Bird" has been modified with a metal frame essential instrumentation and communication for repeated frequent test and orientation flights. Texas Air Museum is hosting maintenance and flight operations for "Brown Bird." (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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Wright "B" Flyers prepare for Centennial

When the crew wiggles one propeller, the other one wiggles on the Wright "B" Modified Flyer in preperation on Feb. 27, 2010 for flyovers during the Centennial of Military Aviation at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on March 2. Wright "B" Flyer Inc. and Texas Air Museum combined volunteers to assemble two Wright "B" Flyers in San Antonio. This one, known as the "Brown Bird" has been modified with a metal frame essential instrumentation and communication for repeated frequent test and orientation flights. Texas Air Museum is hosting maintenance and flight operations for "Brown Bird." (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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Wright "B" Flyers prepare for Centennial

Wright "B" Modified Flyer in preperation on Feb. 27, 2010 for flyovers during the Centennial of Military Aviation at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on March 2. Wright "B" Flyer Inc. and Texas Air Museum combined volunteers to assemble two Wright "B" Flyers in San Antonio. This one, known as the "Brown Bird" has been modified with a metal frame essential instrumentation and communication for repeated frequent test and orientation flights. Texas Air Museum is hosting maintenance and flight operations for "Brown Bird." (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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Wright "B" Flyers prepare for Centennial

Rich Stepler (on ladder), pilot of the Wright "B" Modified Flyer prepares the hardware points on the carbon fiber empennage for the horizontal stabilizer on to the Wright "B" Modified Flyer in preperation on Feb. 27, 2010 for flyovers during the Centennial of Military Aviation at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on March 2. Wright "B" Flyer Inc. and Texas Air Museum combined volunteers to assemble two Wright "B" Flyers in San Antonio. This one, known as the "Brown Bird" has been modified with a metal frame essential instrumentation and communication for repeated frequent test and orientation flights. Texas Air Museum is hosting maintenance and flight operations for "Brown Bird." (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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Wright "B" Flyers prepare for Centennial

Texas Air Museum is hosting maintenance and flight operations for "Brown Bird" a Wright "B" Modified Flyer that is being prepared on Feb. 27, 2010 for flyovers during the Centennial of Military Aviation at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on March 2. Wright "B" Flyer Inc. and Texas Air Museum combined volunteers to assemble two Wright "B" Flyers in San Antonio. "Brown Bird" has been modified with a metal frame essential instrumentation and communication for repeated frequent test and orientation flights. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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Military, civilians celebrate 100 years of military flight

Rich Stepler and Don Stroud, Wright "B" Flyer pilots, performed a demonstration flight of their "Brown Bird" March 2, 2010, over MacArthur Parade Ground at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, during the Foulois Centennial Military Flight Celebration event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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OTS 50th Anniversary

Air Force Officer Training School is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. OTS first opened its doors at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in 1959 with a class of 89 trainees. During the past 50 years, OTS officials have trained and commissioned more than 100,000 men and women who have answered their nation?s call and served in peace and war with the motto??Always with Honor.?

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OTS 50th Anniversary

Air Force Officer Training School is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. OTS first opened its doors at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in 1959 with a class of 89 trainees. During the past 50 years, OTS officials have trained and commissioned more than 100,000 men and women who have answered their nation?s call and served in peace and war with the motto??Always with Honor.?

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Honoring veterans

Wreaths adorn the graves of veterans during Wreaths Across America at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Littleton, Colo. Dec. 14, 2009. Eighty-seven volunteers from Buckley Air Force Base joined Civil Air Patrol members and volunteers from Schriever and Peterson air force bases and the Denver Metropolitan Area for a day of remembrance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Steven Clark)

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We remember

Airmen and Soldiers participate in the POW/MIA remembrance ceremony Sept. 18, 2009, at Osan Air Base, South Korea. Soldiers wearing historical military uniforms are seen in the reflection of the POW/MIA memorial. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephenie Wade)

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Mildenhall officials honor Martin Luther King Jr. holiday

Master Sgt. Martigo Caldwell reads part of a speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. at a presentation honoring the late civil rights activist Jan. 13, 2010 at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. The ceremony featured two presentations, each featuring videos and live performances highlighting Doctor King's contributions to the desegregation of the United States. Sergeant Caldwell is assigned to the 48th Force Support Squadron at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

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Operation Christmas Drop

A bundle of donated goods drifts to an island after being dropped out the back of a C-130 Hercules Dec. 16, 2009, during Operation Christmas Drop. The operation, the longest-running humanitarian airlift mission in the world, delivers supplies to remote islands of the Federated States of Micronesia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Spinner)

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Operation Christmas Drop

Donated goods drop to a planned location on the Chuuk Islands Dec. 16, 2009, as part of Operation Christmas Drop. The operation, which began in 1952, is the Air Force's longest-running humanitarian mission. Airmen today continue the tradition delivering supplies to remote islands of the Federated States of Micronesia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Julian North)

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Volunteers honor veterans with wreaths

Members of the Joint Color Guard from the Aerospace Data Facility Colorado at Buckley Air Force Base pause during the veterans' salute during Wreaths Across America Dec. 14, 2009, at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Steven Clark)

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Volunteers honor veterans with wreaths

A bagpiper from the Scottish American Military Society plays during the ceremony Dec. 14, 2009 at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colo. SAMS members honored the veterans while braving the 35-degree temperatures in traditional Scottish kilts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Steven Clark)

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Volunteers honor veterans with wreaths

A Civil Air Patrol color guard presents arms during the national anthem at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Littleton, Colo., before volunteers began to place wreaths Dec. 14, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Steven Clark)

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Volunteers honor veterans with wreaths

Tech. Sgt. David Plemen salutes after laying a wreath during Wreaths Across America Dec. 14, 2009, at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Littleton, Colo. He is with the 566th Intelligence Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Steven Clark)

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Volunteers honor veterans with wreaths

Tech. Sgt. Timothy Baptist from Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., lays a wreath on a veteran's grave during Wreaths Across America Dec. 14, 2009, at the nearby Fort Logan National Cemetery. Volunteers placed more than 400 wreaths during the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Steven Clark)

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Volunteers honor veterans with wreaths

Wreaths adorn the graves of veterans during Wreaths Across America at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Littleton, Colo. Dec. 14, 2009. Eighty-seven volunteers from Buckley Air Force Base joined Civil Air Patrol members and volunteers from Schriever and Peterson air force bases and the Denver Metropolitan Area for a day of remembrance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Steven Clark)

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