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CAF Airbase Georgia Chief Pilot Receives FAA Master Pilot Award

February 2, 2024 Angela Decker 0

PRESS RELEASE Stan Musick, the chief pilot for the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia, has received the Master Pilot award from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Al Van Lengen, Principal Operations Inspector assigned to […]

Tuskegee Airmen PT-19 Trainer Restored By CAF Airbase Georgia Returns To The Skies

January 30, 2024 Angela Decker 0

PRESS RELEASE After two years of dedicated restoration work, Fairchild PT-19A, serial number 42-83511, took to the skies again at Atlanta Regional Airport – Falcon Field, in Peachtree City, Ga., on Jan.18, 2024. “This historic […]

Matching Grants Featured in CAF Annual Twelve Planes of Christmas Campaign

December 4, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Base Georgia is participating in the 2023 “Twelve Planes of Christmas”, an annual online giving campaign to support the all-volunteer organization’s education mission of restoring and flying […]

CAF Airbase Georgia Surprises WWII Pilot With a Visit From a P-51 Mustang

September 16, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia flew its P-51 Mustang fighter to Florida recently to help surprise a World War II veteran and former P-51 pilot who was celebrating his 100th birthday. Bill MacClarence, […]

CAF P-47N Thunderbolt – Restoration Update – Spring 2023

April 23, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Last summer, we ran an article describing the arrival of the Commemorative Air Force’s partially rebuilt P-47N Thunderbolt at CAF Airbase Georgia. Since that date, the organization’s highly accomplished restoration team at Falcon Field in […]

CAF Airbase Georgia Exceeds Goal for P-47 Thunderbolt, Continues Drive for Funding

January 26, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE Generous donors helped Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia exceed its holiday campaign for its newest project, a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft. The goal was $15,000 for an engine mount, but donations […]

Iconic 57th Fighter Group Restaurant Hosts Warbird Rides, 1940s Victory Dance

October 26, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE World War II warbirds from the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia fleet will join the festivities Saturday, Oct 29th when the 57th Fighter Group restaurant stages its inaugural Victory Night dinner and […]

CAF Airbase Georgia Confirming Tuskegee Airmen and Possible WASP Connections

October 25, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Commemorative Air Force’s Airbase Georgia in Peachtree City, Georgia will soon restore their Fairchild PT-19A Cornell trainer 42-83511 (N5215Z). As part of the restoration effort, the airframe will be re-covered and painted to resemble, as closely […]

WWII Heritage Day Spotlights WWII and The Space Age

October 4, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PEACHTREE CITY, GA. (Oct. 3, 2022) – WWII Heritage Day, the oldest and largest WWII and 1940s-themed event in Georgia, offers a full day of aviation-related activities on Oct. 8, 2022, at Atlanta Regional Airport […]

WWII veteran gunner Dick Miralles relives his wartime flying in a restored SBD Dauntless

WWII Veteran Takes to The Air in SBD Dive Bomber 80 Years Later

September 29, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE PEACHTREE CITY, GA (Sept. 28, 2022) – WWII Veteran Dick Miralles slid into the gunner’s seat of the SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber almost as easily as he did 80 years ago in the […]

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