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Israeli Air Force Retires the A-4 After 48-Years of Service

December 14, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 2

While it is not normally the remit of WarbirdsNews to report on current military matters, we felt our readers might be interested in this recent event. Israeli Air Force retires the A-4 after 48-years of […]

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Rare F-86A Sabre Back in the Air Again!

October 9, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

With great thanks to our friends at AirshowStuff.com comes news that the world has an A-model F-86 Sabre flying again. Owned and operated for many years by the Golden Apple Trust at Duxford in England, the beautiful […]

Final National Tour for Vulcan XH558

October 9, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

The world’s last flying Avro Vulcan, one of the world’s most popular aircraft, will make its final tour of the UK this coming weekend. On October 10th she will travel north, heading towards Edinburgh then […]

T-2C Buckeye Ends 56-Year Navy Career

October 8, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Navy’s last flying T-2C Buckeye made its final flight at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland, Sept. 25, capping 56 years of the aircraft type’s service to the fleet. Although T-2s were officially […]

Dramatic Flypast over 17 locations part of Vulcan XH558

June 22, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – An iconic and instantly recognisable piece of British heritage, the last flying Vulcan, XH558, continues its final flying season with a spectacular two-day V-Force Tour of the UK on June 27-28. As […]

Warhawk Air Museum’s F-104A Update

June 10, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 2

As related to WarbirdsNews by the Warhawk Air Museum’s Michael Halbrook On Sunday May 24th, the weather finally allowed John Maloney to fly the Warhawk Air Museum’s P-51C “Boise Bee” back to Idaho from Chino, […]

Tyndall QF-4 Phantom Final Mission

May 30, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE _ TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron, a subordinate unit of the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, flew its final QF-4 Phantom mission May 27 marking the end of almost […]

Starfighter Dreaming…

February 21, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

As our readers may be aware by now, one of WarbirdsNews’ favorite subject aircraft is the mighty Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. There are just a handful flying still and, at the moment, these are concentrated in Florida with Starfighters Aerospace […]

Return of the ‘Ghost Rider’

February 14, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 25

For the very first time, a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has moved from the boneyard back into the sky again. The veteran bomber took off from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona for the first time […]

Ulster Aviation Society Adds F-4 Phantom

January 28, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Ulster Aviation Society has added an F-4 Phantom jet fighter to its impressive 30-strong aircraft collection. Aviation enthusiasts from Northern Ireland and further afield are sure to flock to its headquarters at the old […]

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