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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…
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…
Tomcat Tuesday – Episode 1
Tomcat Tuesday! The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is easily the most iconic and…
A VETERAN’S STORY: The Men of Evans
By Pete Mecca Evans Tool and Die has set a new standard for honoring veterans…
AVI-8 Launches Flyboy LaFayette Edition
Many of the 38 Americans who flew with the French in the Lafayette Escadrille were…
MySky SkyCart to Showcase the Unparalleled Style of WWII Nose Art
WarbirdsNews welcomes a new partner, MySkyCart.com. The company manufactures airline galley carts which you might…
A VETERAN’S STORY: A Russian Officer and Pickle Soup
Armageddon is mentioned in the Book of Revelation as a reference to the final battle…
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