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Reaching Across Generations: C-47 ‘Placid Lassie’ Carries Jumpers Again
Young Navy Midshipmen from the Naval Academy Parachute Team Jump from Tunison Foundation’s historic C-47 “Placid Lassie” […]
C-47 Placid Lassie
Aviation Museum News
NMUSAF Hosts C-47 Fly-In and Paratrooper Jump
Two World War II-era C-47 Skytrain airplanes that flew the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France will roar through the skies over the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday, April 27, conducting a […]
Airshow News
D-Day Veteran C-47 to Fly at Warbirds Over the Beach
As we mentioned in August, the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Virginia will be holding their Warbirds Over the Beach Air Show over the weekend of October 2nd and 3rd, 2021. The event, one of the […]
Warbirds News
Jim “Pee Wee” Martin’s 100th Birthday Jump Fest
Story by Spc. Andrea Notter and Spc. John Simpson, 40th Public Affairs Detachment Photos by Greg Morehead and Ron Kaplan World War II veteran Jim “Pee Wee” Martin celebrated his 100th birthday near his home […]
Airshow News
D-Day Squadron Flypast Over Washington, DC
As the D-Day Squadron gathers their Douglas C-47s in Oxford, Connecticut in preparation for their imminent departure to Europe and the 75th Anniversary celebrations for D-Day this June, we thought it might be interesting for […]
Warbirds News
Placid Lassie – Honoring Airborne Heritage
The annual Airborne Awards Festival took place over the weekend of April 19th – 21st, 2018 at Fort Benning near Columbus, Georgia. Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment hosted the event, which featured […]