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Today is the 70th Anniversary of the Historic World War II Dambusters Raid

May 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The night of May 16-17th, 1943 saw the execution of Operation Chastise, better known as the Dambuster Raid, the culmination of a year and a half of hard work, developing and testing an innovative new […]

CAF Tex Hill Wing 2013 Fly-In at Hondo Army Air Field May 18th

May 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Tex Hill Wing will be hosting their annual fly-in event this weekend, May 18th at South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo, in Hondo Texas. This year’s event will be celebrating […]

Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor to Commemorate The Battle of Midway

May 10, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Marking the 71st Anniversary of the “turning point in the Pacific,” the Battle of Midway, Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor will present a special program featuring Jonathan Parshall, co-author of Shattered Sword: The Untold Story […]

Tora! Tora! Tora! Aerial Re-enactment Scheduled for EAA AirVenture 2013

May 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

EAA AirVenture 2013 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin will commemorate the heroism and history involved in the attack that brought the United States fully into World War II when the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) “Tora! Tora! Tora!” […]

2013 Warbirds Over the Beach Air Show, Virginia Beach, VA May 18th and 19th

April 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Annual “Warbirds Over the Beach Air Show” is being held May 18 & 19 at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Museum’s aircraft from the 1940’s and earlier, which are all […]

Collings Foundation B-17 Bomber Crew Training Camp

April 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Hot on the heels of announcing their Messerschmitt Me 262 Flight Training Program, The Collings Foundation has again leveraged their unique position of maintaining one of America’s largest collections of airworthy warbirds to offer yet […]

Carrier Battles of the Pacific

March 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA presents Carrier Battles of the Pacific on Saturday, June 1. One of their monthly Living History Flying Days, the event features a discussion panel of connoisseurs: historians, […]

Fork-Tailed Devil At Planes Of Fame

March 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA presents Fork-Tailed Devil on Saturday, April 6. Another installment of their monthly Living History Flying Days, this event showcases the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Its fierce reputation earned […]

Female WWII ATA Pilots Honored at Aces High Aviation Gallery

March 10, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

During World War Two, a group of heroic female pilots played a key role in defeating the German war machine’s attempts to conquer the United Kingdom. The women were pilots for the Air Transport Auxiliary […]

Tom Griffin, veteran of Doolittle’s Raid, dies at the age of 96

March 6, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Major Thomas C. Griffin (known simply by friends and family as Tom) passed away Tuesday, February 26 in a Kentucky Veterans Affairs nursing home. The 96 year old earned his stripes navigating a B-25 bomber […]

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