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2017 Atlanta Warbird Weekend to Salute Tuskegee Airmen

July 17, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

The amazing accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II and beyond will be celebrated as the theme of the third annual Atlanta Warbird Weekend Oct. 7-8, 2017, at Dekalb-Peachtree Airport, Chamblee, Ga. Hosted […]

Allied Jet Killers of World War 2

May 29, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 2

In 2013, Warbird Digest Associate Editor & WarbirdsNews contributor Stephen Chapis interviewed World War II fighter pilots who had shot down Luftwaffe jets over Europe. These interviews were for a simple magazine article, but after hearing […]

Two Missing World War II B 25 Bombers Documented by Project Recover Off Papua New Guinea

Two Missing World War II B-25 Bombers Documented in Papua New Guinea

May 24, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 1

Provided by: University of California – San Diego Two B-25 bombers associated with American servicemen missing in action from World War II were recently documented in the waters off Papua New Guinea by Project Recover […]

Tuskegee Airmen Story Coming to May 20 Living Aviation History Day

May 15, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 2

The renowned Tuskegee Airmen and their successors in the U.S. Air Force broke many barriers on their way to aviation history. Researcher/Historian Zellie Orr and a panel of Tuskegee Airmen and successors will discuss the […]

SBD 3 Dauntless bombers of VS 8 over the burning Japanese cruiser Mikuma on 6 June 1942

Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Commemorates 75th Anniversary of Battle of Midway

May 10, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

On June 4 – 7, 1942, six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. During the Battle of […]

A VETERAN’S STORY: The Ghost Liberator — Lady Be Good

April 24, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Peter Mecca She was not appealing and handled like a long-haul tractor/trailer with 18 flat tires. Historically treated as the red-headed stepchild of heavy bombers in World War II, especially when compared to the […]

Breckenridge Returns!

April 24, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 2

By Stephen Chapis Chino. Geneseo. Reading. TICO. Ypsilanti. The names of these traditionally warbird-heavy airshows all elicit visions of warbirds large and small as far as the eye can see, while the sky reverberates to […]

B 25 Miss Mitchell and P 51 Gunfighter by Jim Koepnick WM

CAF Fighters & Bombers Tour to Visit Savannah in April

April 20, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

Three iconic World War II aircraft will bring history alive April 28-30 at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV), 100 Eddie Jungemann Dr., Savannah, GA. The Minnesota Wing and the Dixie Wing of the Commemorative Air […]

Doolittle Raid 75th Anniversary To Be Honored at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017

April 18, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

The lone remaining veteran of the famed Doolittle Raiders mission of April 1942 and at least 16 B-25 bombers will be part of the raid’s 75th anniversary commemoration and air show activities at EAA AirVenture […]

SoCal Wing’s PBJ Transformed for Doolittle Filming

April 13, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 1

By Greg Morehead Photos: Glen Tagami (A2A); John Cutright (ground) The recent completion of the only flying example of a PBJ-1 Mitchell by the Southern California (SoCal) Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) has […]

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