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“Retired” Neptune Firefighting Planes Pressed Back Into Service

On October 1, 2017 Neptune Aviation Services officially retired the last of their P2V air…

RAF Phantom “Black Mike’ Moves to RAF Cosford

As our regular readers will know, WarbirdsNews believes strongly in championing the preservation of vintage…

Past and Present Meet at Bloody Hundredth Reunion

U.S. Airmen from the 100th Air Refueling Wing based at RAF Mildenhall, England, are honoring…

Warbird Digest Issue #74

Issue #74 of Warbird Digest is being delivered to your mailbox as we type. In…

My SkyCart – PanAm Heritage Cart

As WarbirdsNews readers will be well aware from previous articles, we are privileged to have had…

Chasing Planes: New Series Follows the Efforts to Run an Air Museum

Many WarbirdsNews readers will be well aware of Gordon Page, and his amazing efforts to…

B-17 Flying Fortress “Aluminum Overcast” to Arrive for Atlanta Warbird Weekend

The  B-17 Flying Fortress, “Aluminum Overcast”, operated by the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA), will arrive…

TFLM Airplanes Descend on Edwards for Upcoming 70th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight

  On September 18th, while Edwards Air Force Base personnel were on the ground going…

Doc’s Friends Announces Major Hangar Gifts From Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems

PRESS RELEASE - Doc’s Friends, Inc. has announced a major gift from Boeing that will…

Texas Flying Legends’ Razorback P-47D – A History

As many of our readers will know, AirCorps Aviation has been restoring a rare, razorback…

Restored BT-13 Donated to The National WASP Museum

The National WASP WWII Museum celebrated The Gift of Wings on Saturday, September 16, 2017,…

Vintage Aviation Publications Acquires Warbirds News

Huntington, IN - Vintage Aviation Publications, publisher of Warbird Digest, (warbirddigest.com) has announced the acquisition of…

Twin Pioneer Restoration Update from Downunder

Twin Pioneer Close to Flying Down Under by Mark Booth/Phil Buckley and photos by Phil Buckley…

A sunset Mission to Honor the Canadians in The Battle of Britain

By Dave O'Malley On September 15, 1940, the future of Great Britain was unknown. The…