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National Museum USAF receives prestigious Hoyt S. Vandenberg Award

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force recently received the Air Force Association‘s (AFA)…

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The National WWII Museum Named No. 4 Museum in the United States

The National WWII Museum today announced it has been recognized as a winner in the…

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Two CV-22 Osprey to Land at National Museum USAF in Tribute to Green Hornets

PRESS RELEASE- As part of a salute to the heritage of the 20th Special Operations…

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World War I Drama Coming to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I as one of the nation's premier historical…

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Props & Ponies at the Heritage Flight Museum – Air Show Report

Heritage Flight Museum’s Props and Ponies 2016 by Joe A. Kunzler The Heritage Flight Museum…

Air Force Flight Test Museum Taking in more NASA History

On June 1, 2012, Boeing's Phantom Eye prototype autonomous unmanned aircraft system made its first…

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RAF Museum Cosford Evening Event

The doors to military aircraft spanning a history of more than eight decades will be…

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F-100 Super Sabre – August, 2016 Restoration Report

F-100D Restoration Update by Richard Mallory Allnutt Over the past year, we have been following…

Museum to be Permanent Home to U.S. Navy F/A-18 Blue Angel

The National Naval Aviation Museum has granted The Museum of Flight the permanent loan of…

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“The Lost Squadron” Story to Be Told at August 20 CAF Living History Series

The story of the Greenland Expedition Society resulted in the discovery and recovery of a…

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Downunder PBY – Restoration Report from Rathmines, Australia

A couple of years ago, our intrepid Antipodean reporter, Phil Buckley, wrote a story for…

Planes of Fame Air Museum’s F4U-1A Corsair Is a Combat Veteran!

As some readers may already be aware, the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino,…

Museum of Flight Celebrates Seafair & Blue Angels’ 70th Anniversary Aug. 5-7

SEATTLE, July 22, 2016--The Museum of Flight celebrates Seafair and the Blue Angels' 70th anniversary…

A Look Inside the Museum of Flight’s New Aviation Pavilion

Museum of Flight Opens New Aviation Pavilion photos and words by Joe Kunzler On Thursday, June…