Tag: Aviation History

A-4N Skyhawk Returns to Air Tattoo After 40 Years!

Making a rare visit from Germany to this year's Air Tattoo will be an A-4N…

Texas ANG F-16 Wears Retro Thunderbolt Warpaint

By Tom Demerly for The Aviationist Special paint schemes on combat aircraft are common enough…

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…

Old Meets New at Air Tattoo

The Royal International Air Tattoo celebration of the 70th anniversary of the United States Air…

Flying Heritage Red Letter Day – Mosquito Flies and Corsair Arrives!

Friday, June 23rd was a special day at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in Everett,…

Newly-Restored Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik Flies in Russia

On June 16th, 2017, a newly restored Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik took the skies over the Siberian…

The First Flight of the Roseland Spitfire

By Dave O’Malley Arnold Roseland was just 28 years old when he died in an…

The Immortal DC-3 Still Used for Modern Flight Testing

As most WarbirdsNews readers are well aware, the Douglas DC-3, along with its more prolific…

Breckenridge Air Show Report

For many in the southwest, the word Breckenridge evokes memories of high flying warbird airshows…

13th Bomb Squadron: “Appropriating” Bomber Once Again

Nearly 75 years ago, the 13th Bomber Squadron was anxious to take the fight back…