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John Cyrier flying P 39 Old Crow 12 July 2022

CAF CenTex Wing to Unveil New P-39 Livery Honoring WWII Ace Bud Anderson

July 18, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

Bell P-39Q Airacobra 42-19597, based with the Commemorative Air Force’s Central Texas Wing in San Marcos, Texas, underwent a wheels and brakes rebuild earlier this year, returning to flying status in May. Of the roughly 9,600 Airacobras […]

CAF Family Fly In At Birmingham Escadrille Wing

June 29, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Birmingham Escadrille Wing hosted their first-ever event on June 25 at Bessemer AL Municipal Airport. The unit held the “CAF Family Fly-in” to introduce the Birmingham-based unit to the CAF community. The event was […]

CAF’s Gunfighter on Tour

June 16, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The iconic World War II CAF’s Mustang will bring history alive across America this summer. The tour started with the Mid-South, on to Florida, up the East Coast, then it will hit the Central U.S. […]

Bombers Go Down to Georgia

March 5, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 3

PRESS RELEASE – In cities across the U.S., vintage military aircraft rest quietly in museums, where school children and tourists admire them, take their pictures, and leave them behind closed doors at the end of […]

CAF Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center

Commemorative Air Force Launches Annual “12 Planes of Christmas” Campaign

December 1, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) announced the launch of its “12 Planes of Christmas” campaign today. This fundraiser helps provide the capital necessary to restore some of the organization’s most important vintage World War II aircraft […]

CAF PBY Catalina Restoration Update – Fall 2021

November 17, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

As an update to our April 2021 progress report regarding the restoration of Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina BuNo.64097 within the Commemorative Air Force Lake Superior Squadron’s hangar at Superior Bong Airport in Superior, Wisconsin, we bring further news describing what […]