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Inside Issue #90 of Warbird Digest

We are finally back! Our promise to you is to get our publication back on…

Idaho Air National Guard A-10 Repainted in P-47 Thunderbolt Heritage Livery

by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot, 185th Air Refueling Wing The National…

Super Student Flies in a Mustang!

PRESS RELEASE - Project STRATOS embodies the Aerospace Center for Excellence’s (ACE) mission to Engage,…

Warbird Adventures Will Move to Ninety Six, South Carolina

After 24 years of flight operations from Kissimmee Gateway Airport in Kissimmee, Florida, Warbird Adventures…

Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s Annual WWII Weekend Air Show Returns

World War Two Weekend returns to the Reading Regional Airport this year after taking a…

Fredericksburg Invitational Texan Roundup

by Gary Daniels There is finally a little light at the end of the tunnel…

Jim “Pee Wee” Martin’s 100th Birthday Jump Fest

Story by Spc. Andrea Notter and Spc. John Simpson, 40th Public Affairs Detachment Photos by…

Warbird Profile: COMMANDO BARBIE

By: Luigino Caliaro Edited By: Stephen Chapis Designed in 1939 by the North American Aviation…

Birdcage Corsair Downunder – Restoration Update April, 2021 – Engine Installation

We have been following the restoration of Vought F4U-1 Corsair Bu.02270 at Parafield Airport near…

GA Groups tell FAA of Threat to Flight Training in Limited Category Aircraft

PRESS RELEASE - The fallout from a recent court decision regarding compensated flight training in…

CAF Launches Campaign to Expand by Adding Local Units

PRESS RELEASE - The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) – the world’s largest flying museum announced…

Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow Update

With the air show world sensing a much-hoped-for return to normalcy beginning to arrive, the…

Platinum Spotlight: 1945 Supermarine Spitfire XVIe

A magnificently restored Supermarine Spitfire MK.XVI has just come up for sale with our sponsors at…

Fagen Fighters’ Hellcat Arrives at Her New Home

While we reported the exciting news this January concerning the first post-restoration flight of Grumman…