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Coming Full Circle: A Chief Uncovers Great Uncle’s WWII Crash Site, 70 Years Later

From an original story by Senior Airman Shane S. Karp ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD…

Small Town Tobacco Farmer Flies 29 Aircraft, Serves in Both WWII and Vietnam

From an original ofย Story by Tech. Sgt. Brandon Shapiro (DVIDS) -ย  For the millions of…

Connie Edwards Buchons and the Battle of Britain Remake

Recently we had the opportunity to catch up with with Simon Brown of Platinum Fighters…

First For The Ninth, The Story of The First Aerial Victory Over a Me 262

  From an original article by Stephen Chapis. On October 2, 1944, 21-year-old Captain Valmore…

Abandoned Nike Missile Bases of the United States

Another very interesting article from our friends from UrbanGhost today, abandoned Nike Missile bases of…

The Restorers โ€“ Season 1

PRESS RELEASE - The producers of the Emmy Award winning PBS hit Red Tail Reborn…

2016 Warbird Calendar Reviews

If you are warbird enthusiasts like us, you probably buy every single calendar available on…

World War II Airmen Reunited with B-24 Liberator

PRESS RELEASE - On Friday October 16, 2015, five veterans of the World War II-era…

Doug Matthews Describes Flying the F-86 Sabre

WarbirdsNewsย is always on the look out for interesting stories of personal experiences in flight, whether…

An Exploding Volume of UAVs

Warbird pilot and airshow performer Alan Armstrong's view of the world of UAVs. Clickย VOL 280…

Devotion – A New Book About Heroic Corsair Pilots Tom Hudner & Jesse Brown

Three years ago, author Adam Makos rose to fame with his astonishing, true tale of…

European Premiere of Acclaimed Aviation Film To be Shown In Italy

On Saturday, October 10, 2015,ย FLYING THE FEATHERED EDGE: The Bob Hoover Projectย makes its European Premiere…

A Look Back at the Last Days of the Mighty Martin Marlin

Several months ago, WarbirdsNews published a fascinating articleย by Will Tate about his time flying with…

Texas Flying Legends Museum – An Overview

The Flying Museum Photos and words byย Jake Peterson Over the last five years, a collection…