Darrick Leiker

Darrick Leiker is based out of Goodland, Kansas and is a contributor to TheAviationist. Coming from a military/law enforcement background in the United States Air Force, he graduated Electronics Technology at Northwest Kansas Technical College, is an amateur astronomer, avid scale modeler, and also collects classic automobiles. Darrick has experience in the world of Cryptocurrency, cybersecurity research/intelligence, and also built and managed his own business. An avid reader and history buff, Darrick’s passion is to insure those who went before us and those currently serving are not forgotten. Darrick curates a small private museum of scale models, artifacts, and memorabilia, while working in the wine and spirits industry.
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Angels With Rotors (Part 2): U.S. MEDEVAC Helicopter Operations From Vietnam to Present Day

“When I have Your Wounded”: the evolution of U.S. MEDEVAC chopper operations.…

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Angels with Rotors: The Early use of US Medical Evacuation Helicopters

The use of helicopters at the end of World War Two for…

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Hangars Beneath the Sea: The Submarine Aircraft Carriers

Seemingly from a James Bond film or a favorite Science Fiction novel,…

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The Fairey Swordfish: an Unsung Hero of the Hunt for the Battleship Bismarck

Looking like a holdover from the First World War, this flimsy, antiquated,…

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With a Variety of Ways to Sting, the F-89 Scorpion Was the First Line of Defense

From cannons to rockets to nuclear-armed ordnance, the F-89 seemed a formidably…

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