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CAF P-47N Thunderbolt – Restoration Update – Summer 2024

October 2, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 1

Since the arrival of this Thunderbolt, the skilled restoration team at CAF Airbase Georgia, based at Falcon Field in Peachtree City, has been hard at work on the airframe. Below are some of the significant milestones they have already achieved in their mission to restore the WWII fighter to airworthy condition. […]

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Combat Veteran P-47 Thunderbolt Acquired by Pima Air and Space Museum

June 26, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 1

By Moreno Aguiari June 25, 2024 A few days ago we received an email from Otto Carter III, son of World War II pilot Otto Carter Jr, P-47D Thunderbolt (s/n 42-8066) saying that his dad’s […]

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Planes of Fame’s P-47G Under Overhaul

June 21, 2024 Adam Estes 4

By Adam Estes Even on a quiet day flying-wise, mechanics at the Planes of Fame Air Museum (POF) in Chino, California are always working on something. One of their largest ongoing projects is an extensive […]

Open Cockpit Day at the Palm Springs Air Museum: P-47 Thunderbolt

May 2, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 6

This Saturday, May 4th, 2024, from 10am to 12pm, you have the chance to sit in the cockpit of the P-47 Thunderbolt at the Palm Springs Air Museum (PSAM). Considered by many the most significant […]

Matching Grants Featured in CAF Annual Twelve Planes of Christmas Campaign

December 4, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Base Georgia is participating in the 2023 “Twelve Planes of Christmas”, an annual online giving campaign to support the all-volunteer organization’s education mission of restoring and flying […]

NMUSAF Museum P-47D Thunderbolt Moves to The Collings Foundation

September 12, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 7

Every now and then, as many warbird enthusiasts will know for a certainty, one can get lucky by unexpectedly witnessing a priceless warbird being driven on the back of a flatbed truck down the highway. […]

CAF P-47N Thunderbolt – Restoration Update – Spring 2023

April 23, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Last summer, we ran an article describing the arrival of the Commemorative Air Force’s partially rebuilt P-47N Thunderbolt at CAF Airbase Georgia. Since that date, the organization’s highly accomplished restoration team at Falcon Field in […]

CAF Airbase Georgia Exceeds Goal for P-47 Thunderbolt, Continues Drive for Funding

January 26, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE Generous donors helped Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia exceed its holiday campaign for its newest project, a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft. The goal was $15,000 for an engine mount, but donations […]

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Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Republic P-47D-40-RA Thunderbolt

June 29, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 4

Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military aircraft in particular. He has a particular penchant for documenting specific airframes with a highly detailed series of walk-around images […]

CAF SoCal Wing Chosen for P-47N Restoration

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

The Commemorative Air Force has just announced that they have selected the organization’s Southern California Wing in Camarillo, California as the new home for their Republic P-47N Thunderbolt 44-89136. The aircraft has been in storage for […]

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