Vintage Aviation News

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 […]

CAf Red Tail Squadron at SUN n’ FUN

April 1, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Minneapolis, Minn. – April 1, 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 […]

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 […]

CAF B 24 Diamond Lil Photo by Scott Slocum

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 […]

Hangar Dance Re-Lives the 1940s Decade

March 3, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE – On Saturday, April 18, 2015 the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing will host “Keep ‘em Flying”, a World War II-theme hangar dance and dinner, complete with big-band performances and 1940s Hollywood […]

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 […]

FIFI to Visit Southern California

February 5, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Southern California residents and tourists will experience “hands on” history this March when FIFI, the Commemorative Air Force’s iconic Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, flies into Camarillo Airport. FIFI and other World War […]

WWII Heritage Days to Celebrate 70th Anniversary of War’s End

January 28, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The momentous conclusion to World War II in 1945 will be celebrated 70 years later as the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing hosts the 12th annual “WWII Heritage Days” from 9am-4pm […]

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