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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…
Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Republic P-47D-40-RA Thunderbolt
Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military…
Then and Now: A Return to Bodney with 352nd FG Mustang ‘Miss Helen’
by Richard Paver If you’re unfamiliar with the term rephotography, it involves the process of…
June 26, 1948 – The First Day of The Berlin Airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided…
The First Production Vought-Sikorsky F4U-1 Corsair
On June 24, 1942, the first production Vought-Sikorsky F4U-1 Corsair, Bu. No. 02155, made its…
The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot – June, 19-20 1944
From an original article by the Naval History and Heritage Command The U.S. Navy’s offensive…
A VETERAN’S STORY: The Ultimate Flyboy
By Pete Mecca Arranging an interview quickly turns into something even more exciting when the…
Bessie Coleman Made History 100 Years Ago Today
From the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution's newsletter One hundred years…
LIFT Airborne Progresses in Delivering the Next Generation of Fixed Wing Helmets
Advertorial In 2020 the United States Air Force awarded LIFT Airborne Technologies an OTA Agreement…
Lone Star Heritage
By Stephen Chapis At first glance one might mistake it for an F-16A of the…
Masters of the Air – Production Beginning to Unfold
by Richard Mallory Allnutt (Editor) As we reported recently, the aviation-themed TV miniseries, Masters of the…
Warbird Profile: KELLY’S SHINING STAR
Text by Stephen Chapis Photo Luigino Caliaro Though the Lockheed T-33 is viewed as a…
Freshwater Mallard
Advertorial* By Stephen Chapis In 1944, having built more than 30,000 military aircraft and the…
X-Plane Files: THE LIFE OF X-1 ZERO SIX THREE
A little while back, we began a series of articles looking at the air-test work…
Frecce Tricolori Celebrate 60th Anniversary With Special Markings
While we don't often cover modern military aviation, we thought that the 60th anniversary of…
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