Commemorative Air Force Lake Superior Squadron

06/18/2026

Last weekend, Steve was able to help with rigging some of the rudder controls on the OY-2. Thanks Steve!

06/17/2026

06/11/2026

Exciting news coming up in July! On July 9th, a P-38 is planned to visit the B**g Airport and do flybys in Superior and Poplar, WI. This is just before our Rock The Ramp event later that same day. Be sure to watch the sky that day and come out for a fun time that night!

“Mission Marge” continues as the B**g Center plans worldwide activities for the month ahead

06/09/2026

Jim "supervising" the rudder installation on the OY-2. 😀 Now we just need a good caption.

06/05/2026

Though most people remember 4 June 1942 as the day the carriers first tangled at Midway, the first action in the battle actually took place on 3 June when, around 0900, the Japanese were discovered by a PBY Catalina from Navy patrol squadron VP-44. The crew, led by Ensign Jewell Harmon (“Jack”) Reid, sighted Admiral Raizo Tanaka’s Midway Occupation Force 700 nautical miles west of the atoll. They mistakenly reported this as the Japanese Main Force.

Based on this report, Midway sent nine B-17s for the first air attack at about 12:30. Three hours later, they found the transport group and dropped their bombs through heavy anti-aircraft fire. The B-17 crews claimed five direct hits, but research after the war suggests that they only scored one near miss.

Early the following morning, the Japanese oil tanker Akebono Maru sustained the first hit of the battle when a torpedo dropped from a PBY struck her around 1:00am. Ironically, this was the only successful air-launched torpedo attack by the US during the entire battle.

05/26/2026

05/16/2026

Please join us on this Armed Forces Day 2026, a day we get to celebrate men and women in the US military currently serving. Memorial Day is around the corner, and it recognizes those who have lost their life in the line of duty. Those who have served in the past are celebrated on Veterans Day.