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CAF Launches Campaign to Expand by Adding Local Units

PRESS RELEASE - The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) – the world’s largest flying museum announced…

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The Museum of Flight – Calling All WWII History Buffs

To help relieve the boredom and frustration in these semi-sequestered times, the Museum of Flight…

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National Museum USAF to Open an Aircraft One Day Each Month

Beginning in April 2021, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will provide the…

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Dutch Auster On the Move

In early March came news from the Netherlands that the WWII-veteran Auster AOP Mk.III liaison…

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Sole Surviving Dutch Navy PBY Catalina Begins Restoration at Nederlands Transport Museum

The sole intact Consolidated PBY Catalina to serve with the Dutch Naval Air Force (Marine…

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CAF Inaugurates The Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center

Last Friday, the Commemorative Air Force inaugurated the Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center.…

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Marine Corps’ Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum to Close Permanently

The Marine Corps will permanently close its only museum devoted solely to aviation on March…

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Vintage Flying Museum’s Warbird Ride Day

  by Gary Daniels Weather can make or break an aviation event. For the first…

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Planes of Fame Hangars Reopen

The Planes of Fame Air Museum will reopen to the public March 18, after closing…

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San Diego Air & Space Museum Re-Opening Tomorrow

Press Release - The San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park is back…

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The National Museum of the Tuskegee Airmen Has New Home in Detroit

PRESS RELEASE - The Tuskegee Airmen National Museum, which honors the history and legacy of…

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Ron Alexander’s Legacy Continues

Ron Alexander was known among fellow pilots as a "quiet giant" of aviation, he died…

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RNZAF Museum’s Canberra WT346 Arrives at Her New Home

Back in November 2020, the Air Force Museum of New Zealand's Trust Board signed an…

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Castle Air Museum Adds Grumman A-6E Intruder

Following the recent announcement about the acquisition of the F-117 Nighthawk, the Castle Air Museum in…

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