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Corsair Slice on the 14th Fairway
On July 11, 1940, the only Vought Corsair prototype crash-landed on a Connecticut golf course,…
Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Kawanishi E15K Shiun
The Kawanishi E15K Shiun made its first flight on December 5, 1941. Designed as a…
Tinker Celebrates 75 Years: Pratt & Whitney J57 Turbojet Engine Profile
Pratt & Whitney’s J57 engine is a twin-spool, axial flow turbojet engine with standard and…
Tinker Celebrates 75 Years: Convair B-36 ‘Peacemaker’ Aircraft Profile
The Convair B-36 “Peacemaker” was a six-engine, very heavy bomber produced to meet specifications issued…
Props and Pin-Ups in World War II (and it’s just not girls in bikinis…)
by John M. Caratola, PhD. From the very beginning of organized warfare, men in combat…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Avoiding Cobras and Flying Cobras
Carl “Skip” Bell was born at Emory Hospital on August 6, 1945, the same day…
Bermuda Triangle Revisited
By Stephen Chapis In December 1945, five TBM Avengers and 14 aircrew members vanished on…
POW Recalls Mission That Led to Capture 50 Years Ago
By Airman 1st Class Beaux Hebert, 14th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs On Oct. 25,…
A Minute In History – The Queen of The CVE’s and the Invasion of Leyte
Brought to you by Ladd Gardner Aviation Insurance. By Ann-Marie Loos One of the longest…
Air Force Salutes ‘Flying Tiger’ After 75 Year Journey Home
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Blood is thicker than water. For the family of…
MySkyCart – Warbird Sponsorship Program
As with almost every entity involved in vintage aviation, we all need sponsors, and WarbirdsNews…
Tomcat Tuesday! – Episode 4
Tomcat Tuesday! – Episode 4 Here is another selection of terrific official photographs of our much-missed…
A VETERAN’S STORY: Battle of the Heavyweights
By Pete Mecca Analogous to Mohammad Ali and Joe Frazier, Richard Ira “Dick” Bong and…
Tomcat Tuesday – Episode 2
Tomcat Tuesday! - Episode 2 So, people seemed to really like last week's Tomcat Tuesday...…
USAF History: F-4 Phantoms at Tinker AFB
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is the most significant fighter aircraft of the 20th…
Finding Loren: The Life, Death and Discovery of a P-47 Fighter Pilot
Regular WarbirdsNews readers will remember a short piece we ran exactly a year ago, which described…
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