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Joint Mission – Helping Homeless Veterans Regain Their Dignity

While we at WarbirdsNews have a strong focus on preserving and promoting the history of…

Pappy Boyington – The Leader Beneath the Myth

Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington, the legendary leader of VMF-214, Blacksheep Squadron, is one of those characters…

Italian Pilot Honors Viet Nam Veteran

Article by Luigino Caliaro, photos by Luca Marin On February 4th, following a thorough rebuild by…

MacDill AFB Hosts a Tuskegee Airman

By SrA Vernon Fowler, Between 1941 and 1946, there were roughly 1,000 African-American pilots trained…

SR-71 Blackbird: Gone but not Forgotten

For those of us who remember the fantastic grace and raw power of the SR-71…

Navy Divers Support POW/MIA Mission at B-24 Crash Sites

Sailors from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 Company 1-5, embarked USNS Safeguard (T-ARS-50)…

The Last Flight of Don Gentile

This past Thursday marked the 64th anniversary of the tragic accident which claimed the life of…

Christina Olds Visits Seymour Johnson AFB

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Christina Olds, daughter of late Brig. Gen. Robin Olds, one…

Aviation Photography Workshop at Stallion 51

Have you ever walked the flight line at an air show and wondered what it…

AirCorps Library Released

AirCorps Aviation continues to raise the bar of Warbird restoration.  We recently talked in our…

Interview with a Black Sheep

By Chris Henry There are many famous characters and groups that exist through aviation history. …

Bob Hoover to the FAA: The Fight’s Not Over

For all the battles one WWII Hero and legendary aviator fought, it was the battle…

Two Tidal Waves: One targets Islamic State oil, the other bombed Hitler’s supply in 1943

From an original article by  By Tara Copp/Stars and Stripes The pilot in one of…

The Lost Aviators of Pearl Harbor Project

by Lyle Jansma Before sunrise on the morning of December 7th, 1941, eight general aviation…