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North American SNJ-6 Texan Restored After Hitting Power Lines is Acquired By Lyon Air Museum

Lyon Air Museum of Santa Ana, California has announced that they have acquired an airworthy…

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Niagara Aerospace Museum Builds its Collection

The Niagara Aerospace Museum has recently relocated to a new facility within a former terminal…

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RAAF-Restored F-111C Arrives at Pacific Aviation Museum in Hawaii

The Royal Australian Air Force-restored General Dynamics F-111C that has been gifted to the Pacific…

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Doolittle Raiders’ Final Toast Ceremony to take place at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

NEWS RELEASE   DAYTON, Ohio — The U.S. Air Force will host the famed Doolittle…

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Spitfire and Lancaster Flypasts announced for Royal Air Force Museum’s Battle of Britain Weekend

The Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, UK will be commemorating the Battle of Britain,…

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Eight Broken Bolingbrokes Go Towards One Flyer at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum of Hamilton, Ontario, is in the process of restoring a…

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RAF Vickers VC10 Aerial Refueling Tanker Arrives at Classic Air Force Museum

One of the final three flying Vickers VC10 jetliners left in the world landed last…

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RAAF-Restored F-111C’s Tail Arrives Aboard RAAF C-17

As we wrote this morning, the Royal Australian Air Force, which recently had restored six…

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RAAF-Restored F-111C Going to Hawaiian Museum in an Amazing Gesture of Goodwill

In surprising news, the Royal Australian Air Force, which recently had restored six of their…

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USAF Learjet C-21A Lands at the National Museum of the US Air Force

One of the US Air Force’s first C-21A aircraft landed at the National Museum of…

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Final RAAF-Restored General Dynamics F-111 Arrives at Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome

The General Dynamics F-111C has a special place in the hearts of Australian aviation enthusiasts.…

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Alberta Aviation Museum Unveils Their Canadair CF-104 Starfighter Restoration

Fittingly for the fastest plane ever fielded by the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Alberta…

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Lockheed C-5 Galaxy Lands at Air Mobility Command Museum

Last week, a US Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy landed at the Air Mobility Command…

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Jet Age Museum in Gloucestershire, UK Set to Open Later this Month

The Jet Age Museum at Gloucestershire Airport in Staverton, UK is to reopen later this…

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