If you check the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels’ schedule, you’ll notice La Crosse is on the list. The La Crosse Regional Airport posted it’s “beyond excited”...
In April of 1959, the introduction of America’s first seven astronauts was front-page news around the country, and especially for the La Crosse Tribune, which touted...
It’s been seven years since there’s been a Deke Slayton Airfest in La Crosse, and it won’t be until 2024 when there’s another. As one of...
One of the Blue Angels F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets will be landing in La Crosse around 9:30-10 a.m. Friday. Blue Angels jet No. 7 will be...
In April of 1959, the introduction of America’s first seven astronauts was front-page news around the country, and especially for the La Crosse Tribune, which touted...
In December of 1959, Donald Slayton spent the holidays with his family in Monroe County. It was the first Christmas since Deke Slayton was named as...
A long drought without an air show in La Crosse will end soon. Organizers of the Deke Slayton Airfest say the Navy’s Blue Angels will return...
Astronaut Donald “Deke” Slayton came back home to the Sparta area around Halloween of 1975, to be honored shortly after his only mission in space…the Apollo-Soyuz...
