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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Beechcraft T-34 Mentor
The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor made its first flight on December 2, 1948. Developed from the…
NORAD Prepares to Track Santa for 70th Consecutive Year
NORAD celebrates 70 years of tracking Santa Claus. Follow Santa’s journey on December 24 via…
This Day In Aviation History – Graduation of The First 10 Female Air Force Pilots
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation and by Capt. Kenya Pettway, Air…
Fancy Owning a WWII Canadian Air Force Base?
Who among us hasn't entertained the idea of owning a former WWII airfield, complete with…
Today in Aviation History – The SR-71 Flew New York to London in Less Than 2 Hours
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 1, 1974, Major James…
Today in Aviation History – The First Production Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker Made Its First Flight
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On August 31, 1956, the first…
Randy’s Warbird Profile: Boeing B-29-60-BW “T-Square 54”
Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military…
Today in Aviation History, First Flight of The YC-130 Hercules
Technically the C-130 Hercules is not a Warbird just yet, because it’s still operational within…
Today in Aviation History, Jacqueline Cochran Flew West
Jacqueline Cochran’s life was about risk and about triumph. A successful businesswoman and director of…
AuthentiKit: 3D-Printed Warbird Cockpit Flight-Sim Controls
While we typically publish stories about actual vintage military aviation in our articles, it is…
Tomcat Tales – A Stray Blackbird in Key West
In a follow-up to our first article from F-14 Tomcat RIO and TOPGUN instructor Dave…
Unveiling the Story Behind the Flying Tigers’ Iconic Photograph
By Moreno Aguiari The most famous photograph of the American Volunteer Group (AVG), commonly known…
Indiana ANG A-10 Thunderbolt Receives Commemorative Blacksnake Livery
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National…
Free State Guard Centennial
by Stephen Chapis On June 29, 1921, the 104th Observation Squadron was federally recognized at the…
Through Struts and Wires
by Stephen Chapis In the most recent issue of Warbird Digest, we highlighted the Bealeton,…
Then and Now: RAF Hawkinge
by Richard Paver If you’re unfamiliar with the term rephotography, it involves the process of…
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