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Doolittle Raid 75th Anniversary To Be Honored at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017

April 18, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

The lone remaining veteran of the famed Doolittle Raiders mission of April 1942 and at least 16 B-25 bombers will be part of the raid’s 75th anniversary commemoration and air show activities at EAA AirVenture […]

SoCal Wing’s PBJ Transformed for Doolittle Filming

April 13, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 1

By Greg Morehead Photos: Glen Tagami (A2A); John Cutright (ground) The recent completion of the only flying example of a PBJ-1 Mitchell by the Southern California (SoCal) Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) has […]

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Texas Flying Legends Museum Bearcat Restoration

April 13, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 2

By Stephen Chapis Ezell Aviation in Breckenridge, Texas, is currently in the final stages of a five-year restoration of an F8F-1 Bearcat for the Texas Flying Legends Museum (TFLM) of Houston, Texas. During its career, […]

C-97G Angel of Deliverance First Flight Imminent

April 13, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 29

By Greg Morehead Already admired and respected for their beautiful Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Spirit of Freedom, the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation (BAHF) is ready to fly the only certified and airworthy Boeing C-97 in […]

B-1 Bomber Flyover to Commemorate Doolittle Tokyo Raid

April 11, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

Two B-1 bombers from the 34th and 37th Bomb Squadrons at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, will participate in a high-speed flyover at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force exactly 75 years […]

Sun ‘n Fun 2017, The Report

April 11, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 2

By Mike Deep To say the scale of Sun ‘n Fun is staggering doesn’t quite do the annual fly-in and airshow justice. For one week in April, over one thousand aircraft—and hundreds of thousands of […]

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CAF Dixie Wing Features Unique Veteran Locating Service at WWII Heritage Days

April 6, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

Most Americans have relatives who served in World War II in some capacity, yet they may have little understanding of where those relatives served or what historic events they may have experienced. WWII veterans themselves […]

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No Ordinary Soldier: My Father’s Two Wars

April 6, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 1

By Liz Gilmore Williams I flew into Honolulu in late March 2013, filled with excitement. The GPS device I’d brought from home refused to work as I drove my rental car out of the airport […]

Lancaster “Just Jane” Nearing Flight

April 5, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 2

By Austin Hancock Lincolnshire, UK – After years of taxying on the ground, desperate to takeoff, Avro Lancaster “Just Jane” is now on track to fly. For the past 20 years, the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage […]

Richard E. Cole to Highlight World War II Heritage Days

April 3, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 1

The only surviving veteran of the famed World War II Doolittle raid over Japan will join other WWII heroes at the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing WWII Heritage Days April 22-23 at the CAF […]

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