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70 Years After WWII a Son Pays Tribute to His Father and the Greatest Generation

Nearly 70 years after airman Merrel L. Duncan from Dundee, Minnesota survived 30 hazardous missions…

Two Taiwanese Northrop F-5 Jets, Swapped for an A-26 Invader, Arrive in Oregon

Two decommissioned Taiwan Air Force warplanes, a Northrup F-5E and an F-5F, sent to the…

Aviation Photography Workshop, A Talk With Pro Photographers

It all started off with a good idea. We were set for an early morning…

The Swedish Air Force Historic Flight From Within the Cockpit

As we reported yesterday, the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight (SwAFHF), a unique public/private organization…

MiG Fury Fighters’ North American FJ-4B Fury: The Last of its Kind

Jake Peterson Reports: Every year a gathering of people and aircraft come together in one…

Necessity Is The Mother of Invention: Paper Drop Tanks of WWII

Faced with wartime metal shortages, and a need to extend the range of fighter craft…

Spitfire Fly-Over Honors Tony Gaze, Australian WWII Ace

Temora Aviation Museum's Spitfire Mk VIII flew over a memorial service held in the Geelong…

F-104 Starfighter Veterans on the Ongena Touch-Roll-Touch Maneuver

You've probably seen this video before, Legendary Belgian Air Force Silvers Aerobatic Team member, William…

Presidential Lockheed Constellation “Columbine II” Seeks New Owner

The internet has lit up over the past couple of weeks, abuzz over the "discovery"…

Long Island, New York’s Cradle of Aviation Museum Celebrates the Rich Heritage of the Region

When one mentions Long Island, New York (or Lawnguylind, NooYawk in the local dialect), guaranteed…

Grassroots Bomber Command Museum of Canada Continues to Grow

The Bomber Command Museum of Canada, located about 60 miles south of Calgary in the…

A Downed Allied Pilot, the French Resistance and the Exhumation of his P-38 After Seven Decades

In the summer of 1944, the skies above the French region of Picardy were the…

WWII Veteran Aviator Bill Overstreet and His P-51 Mustang, “Berlin Express”

We had the pleasure of speaking at length with World War Two aviator, William B."Bill"…

Air vs. Land: The Long History of Races Between Aircraft and Sports Vehicles

This article was inspired by a recent stunt organized by FortyOneSix.com ahead of this weekend’s…