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The Caproni Ca.90 was a massive six-engine Italian bomber that carried 8,000 kg of bombs…
On October 22, 1934, the Gourdou-Leseurre GL-813 HY took flight, marking a key chapter in…
By Stephen Chapis In December 1945, five TBM Avengers and 14 aircrew members vanished on…
By Airman 1st Class Beaux Hebert, 14th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs On Oct. 25,…
Brought to you by Ladd Gardner Aviation Insurance. By Ann-Marie Loos One of the longest…
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Tomcat Tuesday! – Episode 4 Here is another selection of terrific official photographs of our much-missed…
By Pete Mecca Analogous to Mohammad Ali and Joe Frazier, Richard Ira “Dick” Bong and…
Tomcat Tuesday! - Episode 2 So, people seemed to really like last week's Tomcat Tuesday...…
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is the most significant fighter aircraft of the 20th…
Regular WarbirdsNews readers will remember a short piece we ran exactly a year ago, which described…
Tomcat Tuesday! The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is easily the most iconic and…
By Pete Mecca Evans Tool and Die has set a new standard for honoring veterans…
Many of the 38 Americans who flew with the French in the Lafayette Escadrille were…
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