Combat aircraft

CONTRIBUTOR OF

THE MONTH

JAKE

MELAMPY

Jake Melampy is an aviation

photojournalist from Ohio. His love

of aviation began at an early age with

the sights and sounds of F-4 Phantom

IIs at nearby Wright-Patterson AFB.

Since those early days he has gone

on to pursue a  ying career, piloting

business jets in the corporate world

and amassing nearly 10,000 hours of

 ight time in a wide variety of aircraft.

In his spare time, he is nearly always

trying to point a camera at people

and aircraft from the US military, and

especially enjoys telling their stories.

Given the call sign ‘Kodak’ during his

 rst ever F-16 air-to-air mission with

the Indiana Air National Guard in 2005,

he continues to wear that title and

name patch with pride.

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