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CAF World War II Heritage Days, Living History at Its Best

April 24, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE – Families will have the unique opportunity to share in the sights and sounds of wartime America in the 1940s at the 13th annual World War II Heritage Days, April 30-May 1 at […]

“Formidable Forties” at Home and War at Museum of Flight

April 2, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington reports that the next monthly Boeing Centennial Weekend, April 9-10, will look at Seattle life at home and at war during the “Formidable Forties.” April 9 highlights include […]

Pappy Boyington – The Leader Beneath the Myth

February 24, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 9

Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington, the legendary leader of VMF-214, Blacksheep Squadron, is one of those characters in military lore whose deeds and abilities have largely been swallowed up by the myth that has grown up around the […]

MacDill AFB Hosts a Tuskegee Airman

February 19, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 1

By SrA Vernon Fowler, Between 1941 and 1946, there were roughly 1,000 African-American pilots trained at the segregated Tuskegee Army Airfield in Tuskegee, Alabama. Of that number remains just a fraction of Tuskegee Airmen still […]

Historic D-Day C-47 Troop Transport Coming to WWII Heritage Days

February 8, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – An historic Douglas C-47 Skytrain troop transport aircraft will highlight this year’s World War II Heritage Days, hosted by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing April 30-May 1, 2016. This restored […]

Navy Divers Support POW/MIA Mission at B-24 Crash Sites

February 3, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 2

Sailors from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 Company 1-5, embarked USNS Safeguard (T-ARS-50) and began an 80-day mission Jan. 31 to document World War II aircraft crash sites in waters around Papua New […]

The Last Flight of Don Gentile

February 1, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 35

This past Thursday marked the 64th anniversary of the tragic accident which claimed the life of legendary WWII fighter ace, Don Gentile. WarbirdsNews contributor, David Cohen, has investigated the causes behind Gentile’s crash, which also took […]

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Two Tidal Waves: One targets Islamic State oil, the other bombed Hitler’s supply in 1943

December 11, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

From an original article by By Tara Copp/Stars and Stripes The pilot in one of the most iconic air battle photographs of World War II wonders whether the Pentagon really thought things through before naming […]

Cornelia Fort with a PT 19A was a civilian instructor pilot at an airfield near Pearl Harbor Hawaii when the Japanese attacked on Dec. 7 1941

The Lost Aviators of Pearl Harbor Project

December 7, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 3

by Lyle Jansma Before sunrise on the morning of December 7th, 1941, eight general aviation pilots pre-flighted their aircraft, preparing to take advantage of what should have been an excellent day of flying above Oahu, Hawaii. One […]

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Atlanta Warbird Weekend to Host the AVG Flying Tigers 75th Anniversary

December 6, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 5

PEACHTREE CITY, GA (December 7, 2015) – Chamblee, Georgia’s Dekalb-Peachtree Airport (KPDK) will be transformed into a World War II airfield September 24-25, 2016 when a squadron of vintage military aircraft from across the United […]

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