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All of us here at WarbirdsNews can remember how we became involved in vintage aviation. Each of us developed an overriding passion for flight and its history from an early age. Going to air shows […]
All of us here at WarbirdsNews can remember how we became involved in vintage aviation. Each of us developed an overriding passion for flight and its history from an early age. Going to air shows […]
The 145th Airlift Wing stood up on March 15, 1948, just six months after the Air Force established its own separate service on Sept. 18, 1947. Starting its journey with the P-47 Thunderbolt, the Wing […]
Regular WarbirdsNews readers will remember a short piece we ran exactly a year ago HERE, which described the story of one family’s quest to discover the resting place for one of their own, 1st Lt Loren Hintz, who […]
As reported by EAA , the Tennessee Museum of Aviation has announced its plan to bring Hun Hunter XVI and Wicked Wabbit to be featured in the Warbirds area at AirVenture this summer. Hun Hunter […]
Who are Eva and Edith? AirCorps Aviation, the warbird restoration shop based in Bemidji, Minnesota, has found an interesting artifact within the wing of the 1944 Republic P-47D-23RA they currently have under restoration. This particular […]
Evidence of the source of her pain rested within the contents of a few boxes of loosely sorted photos and scattered war medals, along with some stories reluctantly voiced by her father’s fellow crew members. […]
AirCorps Aviation, the aircraft restoration experts in Bemidji, Minnesota, have announced a fascinating and poignant project which will unfold over the next two weeks in northern Italy. They are supporting an effort inspired by Hans […]
By TSgt Brandon Shapiro When 93-year-old Fred Roberts walked into the bar at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona, all eyes turned toward him and all conversations stopped. Roberts was a World War II P-51 […]
From an original article by Stephen Chapis. On October 2, 1944, 21-year-old Captain Valmore Jay Beaudrault of Milford, New Hampshire became the first Ninth Air Force pilot to score an aerial victory over a […]
The P-47 Thunderbolt earned its reputation as a rugged workhorse of the United States Army Air force in WWII, striking down close to 4000 enemy aircraft. Its success would solidify the status of Republic […]
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