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Aircraft Restoration Company’s rare Spitfire PR.XI PL983 has emerged at Duxford in temporary USAAF markings…
Starfighters Space partners with Bionetics to process pathfinder payloads for F-104 captive-carry, flight-test, and future…
PRESS RELEASE -- WWII pilot Bud Anderson will captivate the audience as guest speaker for the…
After a long struggle and many years of valiant effort in preserving American aviation history, the…
As part of their 75th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Britain, the Royal Air Force…
WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly at his…
In a bold move, reminiscent and perhaps partly influenced by the Commemorative Air Force's own…
PRESS RELEASE - Construction is underway on a new, 32,800 sq. ft. hangar complex, part…
On Aug. 9, 1945, the B-29 Bockscar dropped the “Fat Man” atomic bomb on Nagasaki,…
Over the years, the Commemorative Air Force has owned and operated five different PBY Catalinas,…
The Flying Heritage Collection in Everett, Washington has added a freshly-restored, early-model UH-1B Iroquois to…
The Collings Foundation's B-17G 'Nine-o-Nine' was exempted from the moratorium on "Living History Flight Experiences",…
Press Release: The new PBS documentary film Beyond the Powder will host a press conference at…
Edited from a piece by Mike Schneider The Commemorative Air Force celebrates the 70th 'birthday'…
by Jim Bina July 15, 2015 - A new museum exhibit will debut during EAA…
by Tom Pawlesh The National Warplane Museum held its annual air show over the weekend…
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