Vintage Aviation News

Women in Aviation to be Honored April 19 at WWII Heritage Days

April 9, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The women who worked at the factories to produce warplanes and war materials in the 1940s will be honored Sunday, April 19 with “Rosie the Riveter Day” at World War II Heritage […]

B-29 ‘FIFI’ Announces Summer Tour Stops

April 6, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 2

PRESS RELEASE -DALLAS – April 6, 2015 — The Commemorative Air Force AirPower History Tour, featuring the iconic Boeing B-29 Superfortress FIFI, will visit airports in eastern and Midwest United States this summer. The season […]

CAF SoCal Wing To Expand Its Facility

April 5, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force has begun the initial phase for the expansion of its historic WWII Aviation Museum, hangars and buildings complex at Camarillo Airport. “We have […]

B-17 ‘Texas Raiders’ Honors Veterans At Bluebonnet Airshow

April 3, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 2

PRESS RELEASE – SPRING, TEXAS – Celebrating 70 years of flying service in 2015, the vintage WWII B-17 Flying Fortress, Texas Raiders, and her crew will reunite one of the few remaining B-17 pilots from […]

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Arsenal of Democracy Flyover Organizers Outline Event Plans

March 31, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE – Washington, DC, March 31, 2015—On May 8, the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, the skies over the National Mall will be filled with one of the most spectacular and diverse […]

Arsenal of Democracy Flyover Receives Significant FAA Approvals to Proceed

March 19, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Washington, DC—The Arsenal of Democracy: WWII Victory Capitol Flyover announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued the necessary approvals for the Flyover to take place in restricted airspace over the […]

TBM Avenger Repairs – CAF Update

March 14, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

Last May, WarbirdsNews reported that the TBM-3E Avenger operated by the Commemorative Air Force’s Rocky Mountain Wing had suffered damage while taxiing at Glendale Municipal Airport near Phoenix, Arizona (Click HERE to see our […]

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B-24 Liberator ‘Diamond Lil’ Going to Georgia

March 10, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – PEACHTREE CITY, GA (March 10, 2015) – A rare 1940s B-24 Liberator bomber will highlight this year’s World War II Heritage Days, hosted by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing on […]

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Warbird Radio Favorite Friday – Warbird Flight Safety

March 6, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has another great piece from Matt Jolley and Warbird Radio that we thought we would share with you this morning for Warbird Radio Favorite Friday! This week Matt Jolley will revisit a conversation about […]

Tuskegee Airmen Next Weekend in Pompano Beach

March 3, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Minneapolis, Minn. – March 3, 2015 – The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron, America’s tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, is bringing its RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit mobile theater and WWII […]

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