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By Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017
173d Airborne Brigade (Sep) Marker to right of Women's Veterans Monument
1 ► Alabama, Baldwin County, Spanish Fort — 173d Airborne Brigade (Sep) — 1963 — 1971 —
2 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — The Moon Tree —
3 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Craig Air Force Base — Advanced Flying Training School —
4 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Joe T. Pilcher, Jr. — 1929 - 1987 —
5 ► Alabama, Elmore County, Wetumpka — Crommelin Memorial —
6 ► Alabama, Franklin County, Hodges — "Spirit of Hodges" —
7 ► Alabama, Jackson County, Scottsboro — M12 — United States Space Force —
8 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Druid Hills — E19 — Shuttlesworth Returns to Birmingham — March Route Towards a Purposeful Life — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
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9 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, North Eastlake — CDR "Snuffy" Smith — Navy Light Attack Aircraft A-7 Corsair II —
10 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, North Eastlake — History of the 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing —
11 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence — “Gooney Bird” Propeller —
12 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence — Continuity —
13 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence — Jonathan Quinn Pettus — City of Florence Walk of Honor —
14 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence — Lieutenant Colonel R. Edward Yeilding — United States Air Force —
15 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence — Lt. Col. R. Edward Yeilding — City of Florence Walk of Honor —
16 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence — Ronnie Gene Flippo — City of Florence Walk of Honor —
17 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence — The Cobra Helicopter —
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18 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence — The Phantom —
19 ► Alabama, Lawrence County, Courtland — Courtland Army Air Field (CAAF): Facilities/Deactivation —
20 ► Alabama, Lawrence County, Courtland — Courtland Army Air Field / Courtland Army Air Field — Beginnings / Flight Schools — (CAAF) —
21 ► Alabama, Lawrence County, Town Creek — From Wheeler to the moon ... — Wheeler Lock & Dam —
22 ► Alabama, Limestone County, Ardmore — The Saturn Legacy — Reported permanently removed
23 ► Alabama, Limestone County, Decatur — Southeast Air Forces Training Center — (Pryor Field) —
24 ► Alabama, Limestone County, Elkmont — Alabama's Role —
25 ► Alabama, Limestone County, Elkmont — Legacy —
26 ► Alabama, Limestone County, Elkmont — Perspective —
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27 ► Alabama, Limestone County, Elkmont — Saturn IB Launch Vehicle —
28 ► Alabama, Limestone County, Elkmont — Visitors Center —
29 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee — Kennedy Field —
30 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — A Bit to Eat — Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
31 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — A Typical Day — Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
32 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — Anticipation —
33 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — Bath and Locker House — Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
34 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — Fire Suppression Pond —
35 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — Ghost Structures — Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site —
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36 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — Hangar No. 1 —
37 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — It Was Called "Dope" — Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site —
38 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — Moton Field Expands — Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site —
39 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — New Vistas — Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site —
40 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — Oil Storage Shed — Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site —
41 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — Prepared to Fight and Die —
42 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — The Control Tower — Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
43 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — The Place Where We Learned to Fly —
44 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — The Tuskegee Airmen — Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site —
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45 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — They Came to Tuskegee — Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site —
46 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — Waiting for the Bus — Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site —
47 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Institute — The Tuskegee Airmen's Plaza —
48 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee Institute — Tuskegee University — F-4C Phantom —
49 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Armstrong • Collins • Aldrin — Launched: July 16, 1969 • Landed: July 20, 1969 • Splashdown: July 24, 1969 — "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." —
50 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Astronaut Facts — U.S. Space & Rocket Center —
51 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Atlantis, OV-104 — U.S. Space & Rocket Center —
52 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Aviator —
53 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Cernan • Evans • Schmitt — Launched: December 7, 1972 • Landed: December 11, 1972 • Splashdown: December 19, 1972 — "...America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." —
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54 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — CH-47D Chinook Helicopter —
55 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Conrad • Gordon • Bean — Launched: November 14, 1969 • Landed: November 19, 1969 • Splashdown: November 24, 1969 — "I see the Surveyor! I see the Surveyor!" —
56 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Cosmic Apple Tree — Dedication Date: October 9, 2009 — Boeing —
57 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — External Tank — Liquid Propellent Supply for Space Shuttle Main Engines —
58 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Flight Span 30 Years — U.S. Space & Rocket Center —
59 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Formation of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center —
60 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Grissom • White • Chaffee — Date of Incident: January 27, 1967 • Intended Launch Date: February 21, 1967 — "Fire in the Cockpit!" —
61 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Hermes Guided Missile —
62 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Lovell • Swigert • Haise — Launched: April 11, 1970 • Splashdown: April 17, 1970 — "Okay Houston, Hey, We've got a problem here..." —
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63 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Main Engines — Power for Lift-off and Ascent to Orbit —
64 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Major General H.N. Toftoy, USA. —
65 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — McDivitt • Scott • Schweickart / Stafford • Young • Cernan — Launched:March 3, 1969 • Splashdown:March 13,1969 / Launched:May 18, 1969 • Splashdown:May 26, 1969 — “…We had to fly once more before we take the big step…” —
66 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Monte Sano Elementary School —
67 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Ms. Baker: Monkeynaut —
68 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — NASA / U.S. Geological Survey — Mobile Geological Laboratory —
69 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — NASA Lunar Module (LM) —
70 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — NASA Saturn I —
71 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — NASA Skylab —
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72 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Pathfinder — Huntsville's Orbiter for NASA's Fleet —
73 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Pathfinder Orbiter — Shuttle “Body Double” —
74 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Project Liftoff: Solar Power in Space —
75 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Saturn V —
76 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Schirra • Eisele • Cunningham / Borman • Lovell • Anders — Launched: October 11, 1968 • Splashdown: October 22, 1968 — Launched: December 21, 1968 • Splashdown: December 27, 1968 —
77 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Schrimsher Farm — Sunrise Terrace Subdivision —
78 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Scott • Worden • Irwin — Launched: July 26, 1971 • Landed: July 30, 1971 • Splashdown: August 7, 1971 — "It's really rolling hills, up and down we go, buckin' bronco!" —
79 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Seasoned Global Traveler — U.S. Space & Rocket Center —
80 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Shepard • Roosa • Mitchell — Launched: January 31, 1971 • Landed: February 5, 1971 • Splashdown: February 9, 1971 — "...It's been a long way, but we're here." —
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81 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Shuttle Training Aircraft — Gulfstream II C-11A, G-1159 —
82 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Space Shuttle Main Engine/RS-25 —
83 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — T-38 Talon — Supersonic Jet Trainer —
84 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — The F-1 Engine — Marshall's Legacy of Flight —
85 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — The J-2 Engine — Marshall's Legacy of Flight —
86 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — The Orbiter — U.S. Space & Rocket Center —
87 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — U.S. Air Force SM-65 Atlas-F —
88 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — U.S. Army PGM-11 Redstone —
89 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — U.S. Army PGM-19 Jupiter —
90 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — U.S. Army/NASA Juno II —
91 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville — Young • Mattingly • Duke — Launched: April 16, 1972 • Landed: April 20, 1972 • Splashdown: April 27, 1972 — "Look at the size of that rock!" —
92 ► Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville, Quigley — Dr. Wernher von Braun —
93 ► Alabama, Madison County, New Market — Site of Quick Airplane — Construction And Flight —
94 ► Alabama, Marshall County, Grant — Site of 1954 Crash of Air Force Cargo Plane —
95 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — B-52D "Stratofortress" —
96 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Grumman HU-16E Albatross —
97 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley —
98 ► Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile — Sikorsky Helicopter "SeaGuard" — USCG-HH-52A —
99 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Maxwell Air Force Base — “Bird-Dog” —
100 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Maxwell Air Force Base — 1Lt Karl W. Richter — Killed in Action July 28, 1967, North Vietnam — Of The Warrior Breed —

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