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Fall Foliage Flights at Culpeper Airport October 28-29

October 8, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The Culpeper Regional Airport, located off routes 15/29 near Brandy Station, VA, will be the site of Fall Foliage Flights provided by the Commemorative Air Force Capital Wing. At the expected height of […]

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CAF Logo Becomes Official Texas State Symbol

September 22, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

Via CAF Dispatch The Texas State Library and Archives Commission added the Commemorative Air Force logo as a Texas state symbol this month to their digital archive. State symbols have been designated since 1901 when […]

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CAF Fleet, The Current Status

September 19, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 3

In the last issue of The Dispatcher, the magazine of the Commemorative Air Force, Alan Brooks who is the Chairman of the American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum board shared the latest status of the CAF […]

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, […]

B-29 Doc and C-47 That’s All,Brother Announce Joint Tour Stops in Utah and California

August 4, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The B-29 Doc History Restored Tour will travel west in September with tour stops in St. George, UT, and Chino, CA, September 7-18, 2023. The C-47 known as That’s All…Brother, the lead aircraft […]

Meet Tuskegee Airmen at EAA AirVenture 2023

June 26, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE CAF RISE ABOVE will host three Tuskegee Airmen at their exhibit at EAA AirVenture 2023. Tuskegee Airmen, Lt. Col. James Harvey, Brig. Gen. Enoch Woodhouse, and Lt. Col. George Hardy, will be at […]

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B-24 Getaway Gertie Commemoration Planned to Include Diamond Lil Flyover

June 20, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE A commemoration ceremony for B-24 Getaway Gertie will go on rain or shine on Saturday, June 24. The event will honor the lost airmen of the B-24 Liberator Getaway Gertie, which crashed into […]

That’s All, Brother Returns to Europe for 80th Anniversary Commemoration

June 2, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The aircraft that led the main airborne invasion of Normandy on D-Day – June 6, 1944 – is returning to Europe to commemorate the 80th anniversary of that momentous occasion. The Commemorative Air […]

CAF Launches New Pilot Scholarship Program

May 19, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is proud to announce a new Pilot Scholarship Program in 2023. This program, supported by the Ray Foundation, facilitates students, ages 16 through 19, to earn their private […]

CAF Lake Superior Squadron 3rd Annual Bong Airport Open House

May 19, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

On June 10th, the CAF Lake Superior Squadron is hosting its 3rd Annual Bong Open House at the Richard I. Bong Memorial Airport located in Superior, WI. The events start at 7:30 am with a […]

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