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Tuskegee Airmen Story Coming to May 20 Living Aviation History Day

The renowned Tuskegee Airmen and their successors in the U.S. Air Force broke many barriers…

Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Commemorates 75th Anniversary of Battle of Midway

On June 4 – 7, 1942, six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the…

Two Historic Airplanes to Receive Restoration at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

  By Austin Hancock Albuquerque, NM - The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History…

B-1 Bomber Flyover to Commemorate Doolittle Tokyo Raid

Two B-1 bombers from the 34th and 37th Bomb Squadrons at Ellsworth Air Force Base,…

Chocks Away For The RAF Centenary

April 1 2017 marks 99 years since the Royal Air Force was founded.  With the…

German Fighters Highlight of Open Cockpits Evening

Two Second World War German front line fighter aircraft, the Messerschmitt BF109G-2/Trop and the Focke…

Bomber Camp 2017 – Battle of the Bombers!

Stockton, CA - The Stockton Field Aviation Museum will once again host their Annual “Bomber…

Major Installation in New APOLLO Gallery

Last week the Museum of Flight received a special delivery-- a full-scale F-1 rocket engine,…

JAM to Honor Voodoo’s Last Flight Anniversary

By Austin Hancock London, Ontario - The Canada based Jet Aircraft Museum plans to “keep…

The National WWII Museum Launches Rides Aboard Restored, Operational Higgins Patrol-Torpedo Boat

Beginning April 1, The National WWII Museum will offer the public the opportunity to tour…

Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Commemorates The 75th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo

HONOLULU, HI – Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the…

B-25 Mitchell Bombers to Highlight Events Commemorating 75th Anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raid

B-25 Mitchell bombers from around the country will once again take to the skies before…

The “Baby Boeing” 737 Turns the Big Five-O with a Birthday Party

On April 9, the Museum will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Boeing 737's first…

CAF Living Aviation History Day Features “Flying Tigers” in March

The American Volunteer Group (AVG), known as the “Flying Tigers,” successfully battled the Japanese in…