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NMUSAF Upcoming Holidays and Training Closures

December 13, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE DAYTON, Ohio –During the holiday season, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will be closed on Sunday, Dec. 25 (Christmas Day) and Sunday, Jan. 1 (New Year’s Day). The museum will […]

Aeronautica Militare Marks 40 Years of Panavia Tornado Operations

December 12, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) held an event in September to celebrate their 40 years of Panavia Tornado operations. However, before we describe that special day, we thought our readers might enjoy reading a brief history […]

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Starfighter Aerospace Performs Flight Tests to Evaluate Air-Launched Rocket Delivery System

December 12, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

Back in October, we reported that Starfighter Aerospace had ramped up its training and flight operations at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. The company, which fields a fleet of Lockheed F-104 Starfighters, had […]

History of Aircraft Airfoil

December 11, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The word “aerofoil” is derived from a combination of the Greek words “aerios” meaning air and “foil” meaning blade. Since then, aerofoils have been developed and refined to the point where modern passenger aircraft can […]

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NASA’s Retired Boeing 747SP ‘SOFIA’ to Join Pima Air & Space Museum

December 8, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE NASA’s now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft will find a permanent home in the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. The airplane is expected to make its final flight […]

The Interstate L-6 and L-8: Overheated and Under-Produced

December 7, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 1

by Matthew McDaniel Authors Note: This article is the opening episode in what I hope will become a complete series describing U.S. military liaison aircraft types, incorporating as many varieties as we can find flying […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – October/November 2022

December 6, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Vintage Aviation News has received the October/November, 2022 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to […]

CAF PBY Catalina Restoration Update – December 2022

December 5, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 3

As many will know, the Commemorative Air Force Lake Superior Squadron has spent the last several years working diligently on the ambitious airworthy restoration of Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina BuNo.64097. As an update to our last report in November […]

Commemorative Air Force Announces the 12 Planes of Christmas

December 4, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is again holding their “12 Planes of Christmas,” an online giving campaign providing an opportunity to aid in the restoration and maintenance of the aircraft as well as learn more […]

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World War II Triple Ace Fighter Pilot Clarence (Bud) E. Anderson Becomes USAF’s Newest General

December 3, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE Yesterday Colonel Clarence (Bud) E. Anderson of Auburn, California, received an honorary promotion to the grade of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force. General Anderson was decorated 25 times during his […]

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