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Aces: Gerald Gordon Bell – The Sixteen Victory Canadian Fighter Ace Of WWI
Gerald Gordon Bell was a Canadian WWI flying ace who claimed 16 aerial victories after…
Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Cessna O-1A (L-19A) Bird Dog
Explore the history of the Cessna O-1A Bird Dog, the rugged observation aircraft that served…
Props and Pin-Ups in World War II (and it’s just not girls in bikinis…)
by John M. Caratola, PhD. From the very beginning of organized warfare, men in combat…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Avoiding Cobras and Flying Cobras
Carl “Skip” Bell was born at Emory Hospital on August 6, 1945, the same day…
Bermuda Triangle Revisited
By Stephen Chapis In December 1945, five TBM Avengers and 14 aircrew members vanished on…
POW Recalls Mission That Led to Capture 50 Years Ago
By Airman 1st Class Beaux Hebert, 14th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs On Oct. 25,…
A Minute In History – The Queen of The CVE’s and the Invasion of Leyte
Brought to you by Ladd Gardner Aviation Insurance. By Ann-Marie Loos One of the longest…
Air Force Salutes ‘Flying Tiger’ After 75 Year Journey Home
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Blood is thicker than water. For the family of…
MySkyCart – Warbird Sponsorship Program
As with almost every entity involved in vintage aviation, we all need sponsors, and WarbirdsNews…
Tomcat Tuesday! – Episode 4
Tomcat Tuesday! – Episode 4 Here is another selection of terrific official photographs of our much-missed…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Battle of the Heavyweights
By Pete Mecca Analogous to Mohammad Ali and Joe Frazier, Richard Ira “Dick” Bong and…
Tomcat Tuesday – Episode 2
Tomcat Tuesday! - Episode 2 So, people seemed to really like last week's Tomcat Tuesday...…
USAF History: F-4 Phantoms at Tinker AFB
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is the most significant fighter aircraft of the 20th…
Finding Loren: The Life, Death and Discovery of a P-47 Fighter Pilot
Regular WarbirdsNews readers will remember a short piece we ran exactly a year ago, which described…
Tomcat Tuesday – Episode 1
Tomcat Tuesday! The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is easily the most iconic and…
A VETERAN’S STORY: The Men of Evans
By Pete Mecca Evans Tool and Die has set a new standard for honoring veterans…
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