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Doolittle Raider Honored

June 28, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 2

Story by 2nd Lt. Annabel Monroe Seventy-four years after the historical Doolittle Tokyo Raid, Staff Sgt. David J. Thatcher, the second to last remaining Doolittle Raider, was laid to rest at the age of 94 […]

More Than Just a Coat

June 21, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

Author and photographer John Slemp is seeking WWII bomber jackets to preserve their history and artistry in an upcoming book. Mr. Slemp’s Bomber Jacket Project has already photographed and chronicled the history of several dozen […]

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Historic Paint Schemes for Coast Guard Aircraft

May 23, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

Coast Guard aviation was born when 3rd Lt. Elmer Stone reported to flight training on April 1, 1916. A century later, 2016 represents the 100th year of U.S. Coast Guard aviation. Advanced aerospace military coatings […]

P 51 Scat VII Christina Olds Photo By Christophe Haentjens4

In the Footsteps of Her Father – Christina Olds Flies in ScatVII

May 20, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 4

The first week of May has been thrilling for the people at the Vintage Dream Factory, a Belgian non-profit organization established with the aim to preserve and fly the North American P-51 Mustang known as Scat […]

Vintage Wings of Canada Corsair – Interview With Test Pilot Paul Kissman

May 19, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

As many readers will be well aware, Vintage Wings of Canada recently re-flew their FG-1D Corsair after a three-year operational hiatus. Flying a vintage warbird after such a long time spent in the hangar requires […]

Flying the Little Italian Stallion – The SIAI-Marchetti S.211

May 4, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 1

by Luigino Caliaro Amongst those who witnessed the SIAI-Marchetti S.211 prototype jet trainer make its first flight on April 10th, 1981, only a few could have imagined that this jet trainer, the first design of its […]

Operation El Dorado Canyon: 30th Anniversary

April 14, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 2

by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew 48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs RAF Lakenheath, UK On April 14, 1986, at 5:13 p.m., U.S. Air Force F-111F Aardvarks from the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing launched from Royal Air […]

Heritage Flight: Heroes, Inspiration, Joy and Closure

April 11, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 1

By TSgt Brandon Shapiro When 93-year-old Fred Roberts walked into the bar at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona, all eyes turned toward him and all conversations stopped. Roberts was a World War II P-51 […]

Joint Mission – Helping Homeless Veterans Regain Their Dignity

March 24, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 2

While we at WarbirdsNews have a strong focus on preserving and promoting the history of military aviation, we are equally involved with the human stories behind the history. Keeping that in mind, we also try […]

Pappy Boyington – The Leader Beneath the Myth

February 24, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 9

Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington, the legendary leader of VMF-214, Blacksheep Squadron, is one of those characters in military lore whose deeds and abilities have largely been swallowed up by the myth that has grown up around the […]

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