text by Christian Vaccari images: Fernando Larcher & Maurizio Struffi As we mentioned in a previous article, Base Tuono is the only museum in Europe which is dedicated solely to the Nike-Hercules NATO missile defense […]
Aermacchi is one of Italy’s finest aircraft manufacturers. When they merged with Leonardo SpA in 2016 to become part of the multinational conglomerate’s Aircraft and Aerostructures Division the company was still hard at work developing the M-346 […]
PRESS RELEASE – EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (July 7, 2020) — Highlights from across the world of flight will entertain and educate aviation enthusiasts on July 21-25 as part of the extensive schedule […]
Just over a year ago, in February 2019, we published a story HERE about ambitious plans to build an accurate, airworthy replica of the iconic, though all-but-extinct Fokker D.XXI. Coming together under the direction of […]
Shot down in enemy-held territory while on a bombing run in Vietnam near An Loc, 1st Lt. Michael Blassie was listed as MIA (Missing in Action) and the body said to be unrecoverable. In reality, […]
Mike was a spitting image of what most people believe a young Air Force officer should look like: tall, handsome, with a hospitable grin and approachable demeanor. A 1970 graduate of the Air Force Academy, […]
by Moreno “MO” Aguiari Humans have been creating ‘aviation art’ since the Montgolfier brothers first took to the skies in their hot air balloon during the 1780s. And of course, most of us are more […]
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) will produce events in multiple communities across the country in honor of Independence Day and the American spirit called “United We Fly – Fourth of July.” “Fourth of July is […]
Callum Smith’s Twenty24 Ltd. has just begun the restoration of North American Harvard Mk.IIa in Wanaka, New Zealand for Masterton-based warbird pilot, Bevan Dewes. Contstructed for a U.S. Army Air Force’s contract as AT-6C 41-33720 […]
PEACHTREE CITY, GA. (July 1, 2020) – The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing is canceling plans for World War II Heritage Days on Sept. 12-13, 2020. This includes the Hangar Dance scheduled for Sept. […]
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