B-52 Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/b-52 Honoring Rhode Island's Rich Aviation History Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:48:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://riahof.org/wp-content/uploads/riahof-512x512-1-150x150.png B-52 Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/b-52 32 32 Lt. Colonel Daniel R. Fierro https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/administrators-educators/lt-colonel-daniel-r-fierro Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:27:58 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=970 Lt. Colonel Daniel R. Fierro, USAF, (Ret.) (1931 – 2007) was a long-time resident of North Kingstown, and served in the Strategic Air Command (SAC), first flying B47s and then B52s.

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]]> Colonel Patrick D. Fleming https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-navy/colonel-patrick-d-fleming-usaf-usn-1917-1955 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:26:33 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=782 Colonel Patrick D. Fleming, USAF (USN) (1917-1955) – this former Jamestown resident and 1941 Annapolis graduate was a World War II Hellcat ace and a Navy test pilot who went to flight school in 1943. He received night fighter training at Quonset, where he met his wife-to-be Neville, daughter of  retired Navy Commander Owen Bartlett […]

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]]> LTG Tom Keck, USAF (Ret) https://riahof.org/year-of-induction/2009/ltg-tom-keck Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:34:01 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=1480 Air Force Lieutenant General Jim Keck, former Vice Commander of the Strategic Air Command, and his son Tom Keck, also a retired Air Force Lieutenant General and former commander of the famous 8th Air Force. Both were born in Providence; the senior Keck graduated from Cranston High School and attended Brown University for a year […]

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]]> LT Colonel Joseph A. Zinno https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/inventors-innovations/lt-colonel-joseph-a-zinno Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:10:58 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1011 Retired Air Force Colonel Joseph Zinno designed, built and flew America’s first human-powered aircraft, and is a flying veteran of three wars (WWII, Korea and Vietnam).

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