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The 2024 Honorees: A Summary

This year’s group includes a living World War II bomber pilot, a Marine helicopter pilot from Barrington killed in action in Grenada, and four heroes from Vietnam: three living Army helicopter pilots who flew hundreds of hours of combat, plus a deceased pilot from the Navy’s only assault helicopter squadron. The Hall of Fame will also honor the manager of the first scheduled commercial airline service to Hiilsgrove/TF Green Airport, as well as the avid private pilot who founded the Gregg’s Restaurant chain.

November 22, 20242024, NewsAnnouncements, Dinner, Press Releases

The 2023 Honorees: A Summary

October 25, 20232023, NewsAnnouncements, Dinner, Press Releases

F Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment

From 3 March 2011 to 24 December 2011, F Company, 1st Battalion,126th Aviation Regiment (Air Ambulance), a newly formed unit which deployed only 12 months after its conversion from a legacy UH-1 medical evacuation detachment, provided extremely effective and continuous MEDEVAC coverage in the complex and harsh terrain of western Afghanistan. On 3 March 2011, […]

November 19, 20162016, Units & GroupsAfghanistan, MEDEVAC

126th Aviation Regiment, RIANG

In 2007, the RI Aviation Hall of Fame provided Special Recognition awards to the men and women of the 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment of the Rhode Island Army National Guard, which was named the Outstanding Army National Guard Aviation Unit of the Year nationwide for 2005. Flying in the Iraqi theater for virtually the […]

November 16, 20072007, RI National Guard, Special Recognition Award, Units & Groups, War on TerrorIraq, RIANG

The Allen Family of Aeronauts

The Allen Family of Aeronauts: according to New York-based aeronautical researcher Chris Lynch, “If there was a founding family of RI aviation, they are it.”

October 23, 20042004, Aviation Pioneers (pre-1930), Balloonists / LTA, RIAHOF Inductee, Women in Aviationaeronauts, balloonists

James & Ezra Allen

Barrington natives James Allen (1824-1897) and his younger brother Ezra Allen (1840 – 1902) distinguished themselves through a lifelong commitment to aeronautics in the 19th century.

December 16, 20032003, Aviation Pioneers (pre-1930), Balloonists / LTA, Military (Other), RIAHOF Inducteeaeronauts, balloonists, Civil War, first military aviator

Sidney R. Amylon

Each year, we highlight a China service candidate for recognition. The selection for 2019 is 1/LT Sidney R. Amylon, who served in the China-Burma-India Theater as a B-25 bomber pilot from the autumn of 1944 through mid-1945. Born and raised in Warwick’s Hillsgrove neighborhood, he graduated from Aldrich High School at the top of his […]

November 23, 20192019, Special Recognition Award, US Army, WWII, WWII China ServiceB-25, Burma, DFC

MG Bill Anders, USAF (Ret)

Retired Air Force Major General, Apollo 8 Astronaut and former Textron executive Bill Anders is one of the first three humans to view the dark side of the moon. Anders described his experiences and his famous photograph, “Earthrise,” which he took on Christmas Eve, 1968. Along with the first pictures taken of the earth from […]

October 23, 20102010, Aerospace, RIAHOF Inductee, US Air ForceApollo 8, astronaut

George Armitage

George Armitage (1887-1948) Born in England, he came to Rhode Island as a youngster and attended Providence public schools. He may have been the first person to fly in Rhode Island; it is known that he began experimenting with “power driven gliders” as early as 1905. A 1934 article in Rhode Island Review stated: “To […]

October 22, 20052005, Aviation Pioneers (pre-1930), Impressive Firsts, Inventors & Innovators, RIAHOF Inducteemonoplane

2/LT William P. Armstrong

William P. Armstrong (1924- 1945) was a Tuskegee Airman/Fighter Pilot, shot down in action on April 1, 1945.

February 8, 20182009, Minorities in Aviation, Special Recognition Award, US Air Force, US Army, WWIIP-51 Mustang, Tuskegee Airmen

CAPT Karl Augenstein

Captain Karl W Augenstein USAF (1924-1954) was a German immigrant from Cranston who, as a teenager, made the decision to fight for his adopted country. He became a WWII B-24 bomber pilot, flying 11 combat missions before German capitulation in May 1945. As a civilian, he was the corporate pilot for Bulova Watch Company. He […]

November 19, 20162016, RI National Guard, Special Recognition Award, US Army, WWIIB-24, Bomber Pilot, F-51 Mustang, F-84D Thunderjet

LTC Stanley Auslander, USNR

Lieutenant Commander Stanley Auslander, US Naval Reserve, a long-time Warwick resident and patrol bomber pilot, sank one German U-boat and damaged another off the coast of Brazil. He later flew patrols from England before and after D-day, and is credited with homing a British destroyer in to sink another U-boat. He earned a Distinguished Flying […]

October 23, 20042004, Special Recognition Award, US Navy, WWIIU-boat

Col. John F . “Jack” Barrett, US Air Force, Retired

Col. John F . “Jack” Barrett, US Air Force, Retired (1912-1997) WWII recon, patrol and bomber pilot. Named CO of the 152nd Fighter Squadron, RI Air National Guard in 1949. Born in New Hampshire, he moved to RI in 1912 and graduated from St. Andrew’s Technical School in Barrington. After two years in the Merchant Marine, […]

November 18, 20232023, RI National Guard, RIAHOF Inductee, US Air Force, WWIIB-17, B-24, RIANG

CAPT Frederick R. Bartlett USN (Ret)

Captain Frederick R. Bartlett was born in Lakewood, Ohio on 22 June 1930. He grew up Wyncote, Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts, where he captained the swim and tennis teams. Fred enlisted in the Navy in 1952 at the height of the Korean War. He became a Naval Aviator, assault helicopter pilot with […]

November 19, 20222022, Korea, RIAHOF Inductee, US Navy, Vietnam1973 Arab-Israeli War, HA(L)-3, Ironman, Suez Canal, USS Iwo Jima

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