By Steve Forsyth, CAF Dixie Wing Public Information Officer Betty Bishop could never have known that her WWII aircraft factory work when she was 18 would bring her a hero’s honor in 2020. Surrounded by […]
A World War II Stearman training plane is among 12 aircraft selected this year for the annual Commemorative Air Force (CAF) fundraising campaign, 12 Planes of Christmas. The CAF Dixie Wing in Peachtree City, Ga., […]
As we reported HERE in January, the Commemorative Air Force’s Dixie Wing in Peachtree City, Georgia has begun restoring a Stearman (Boeing) N2S-2 Kaydet which they acquired last August. A lot has happened in the interim; indeed […]
It is doubtless that anyone who has more than a passing interest in WWII or aviation history has heard of ‘Rosie the Riveter’, the iconic representation of a female aircraft factory machinist used to encourage […]
RICHARD PLEASE ADD INTRO TEXT March 8th – Hangar Talk & Book Signing with Donna Knaff, author of Beyond Rosie the Riveter: Women of World War II in American Popular Graphic Art. Commemorating Women’s History […]
The sights and sounds of The Greatest Generation will come alive when the Commemorative Air Force’s Dixie Wing hosts its eleventh annual “WWII Heritage Days” event over the weekend of April 26th/27th. The history festival will take place […]
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