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Fleet Readiness Center East FRCE Restores A 4M Skyhawk To Former Glory 2

Fleet Readiness Center East Restores A-4M Skyhawk To Former Glory

May 23, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

From an original article published on NAVAIR News Early in May the Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) technicians had a rare opportunity to restore a piece of aviation history for display at Marine Corps Air […]

Draken International Wins $280 Million USAF Contract

June 8, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 1

Draken International has been awarded the $280 million Adversary Air (ADAIR) II contract to provide adversary air services at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada through December 2023. Adversary air, or “Red Air”, is training […]

Draken International – Back to the Future

February 25, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Draken International – Back to the Future by Richard Mallory Allnutt When you step inside Draken International’s cavernous maintenance hangar in Lakeland, Florida, it is like venturing back in time. Numerous Cold War-era jets are […]

Classic Fighters of America’s TA-4J Skyhawk Airborne!

November 14, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

Doug Matthews has successfully flown his recently refurbished Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk for the first time! We have been following this exciting project for several months, and have posted a few earlier pieces on the project, […]

Classic Fighters of America – Restoration Shop Update

July 20, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Classic Fighters of America – Restoration Shop Update by Richard Mallory Allnutt (Editor) WarbirdsNews founding editor, Moreno Aguiari, made a flight down to Titusville, Florida a couple of weeks ago to check out what Classic […]

Some of the Most Important Planes on US Navy Carriers Never Fly

June 20, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The US Navy currently operates 10 Nimitz-class supercarriers, portable military airports which give the United States the ability to project power nearly anywhere on the globe. These are gargantuan ships, 1,100 feet long and weighing […]

Douglas A-4 Skyhawk

Fleet Readiness Center East Restores A-4M Skyhawk To Former Glory

Draken International Wins $280 Million USAF Contract

Draken International – Back to the Future

Classic Fighters of America’s TA-4J Skyhawk Airborne!

Classic Fighters of America – Restoration Shop Update

Some of the Most Important Planes on US Navy Carriers Never Fly

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 229

Scott Thompson’s B-17 Updates From Madras

B-17 Alliance Foundation Hosts Fundraiser To Support B-17 Lacey Lady Restoration

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