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CAF Announces $250K Stretch Goal to Restore Historic C-47 to Flying Condition

PRESS RELEASE - After successfully securing the $75,000 needed to rescue That’s All, Brother, the…

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Improving Air-to-Air Photography With Previz – A Tutorial by Matt Booty

With the Madras Air2Air Experience aviation photography workshop approaching at the end of August, we…

Warbird Radio Live! – Tonight’s Show Preview

WARBIRD RADIO – The Commemorative Air Force needs your help saving the C-47 that lead…

D-Day – A Commemoration

Today is the 71st anniversary of D-Day. It is nearly impossible for any of us…

Neglected B-25 to Resettle in Australia

For more than a decade, a forlorn B-25J Mitchell 44-31508 has sat more or less…

Naval District Washington Honors Battle of Midway Anniversary

PRESS RELEASE - Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen and World War II veterans gathered at the…

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XP-82 Twin Mustang – May, 2015 – Restoration Update

WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly at his…

CAF Red Tail Squadron Releases 2015 Summer and Fall Event Schedule

PRESS RELEASE Minneapolis, Minn. – June 1, 2015 – The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red…

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Tyndall QF-4 Phantom Final Mission

PRESS RELEASE _ TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.  -- The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron, a subordinate…

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Work Underway to Move Lancaster KB882 to Edmonton

Since announcing in late March that Avro Lancaster KB882 will be moving from its home…

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CH-46 Sea Knight Retirement Ceremony at Smithsonian

With the CH-46 Sea Knight finally bowing out of service later this year, the Smithsonian's…

CAF Rocky Mountain Wing TBM Restoration Update

Edited from a Report by Rob Duncan, TBM Avenger Maintenance Officer for the CAF Rocky Mountain…

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Fighter Pilot Missing From WWII Accounted For

PRESS RELEASE - The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the…

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Space Shuttle Exhibit and STEM Learning Node to close Aug. 3to prepare for move to fourth buildin

PRESS RELEASE – The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Shuttle Exhibit and…

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