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Rejuvenating a Combat Veteran Phantom II

June 24, 2020 WarbirdsNews 0

All too often, we come across complaints on social media or online fora regarding neglected former military aircraft mouldering away somewhere in a sad state of affairs. People are all-too-fast to point out an aircraft’s […]

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Pilot Reunited With C-130 He Flew to Escape Saigon 45 Years Ago

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About six months ago, we noted the arrival, by road, of a combat veteran Lockheed Hercules at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, New York. This was C-130A 57-460, which had been a part of the Smithsonian’s […]

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A Veteran’s Story: Caribou to Santabou

April 5, 2020 WarbirdsNews 0

By Pete Mecca Born and raised in Cajun country, Alan Gravel received a degree in Civil Engineering from Louisiana Tech before obtaining a Master’s Degree in Environmental Health Engineering at the University of Texas.February of […]

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Aviation Heritage Park – A Little Gem In Bowling Green, Kentucky

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by Moreno Aguiari, photos by Jay Bess Aviation Heritage Parks are a familiar sight all over America, often created to recognize achievements by local aviators and to educate future generations about the stories and importance […]

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Museum of Flight to Open New Vietnam War Exhibit

April 27, 2018 Editor 0

SEATTLE, April 26, 2018: On May 26th, the Museum opens Vietnam Divided: War Above Southeast Asia, a permanent addition to the Museum’s glass-walled main gallery that focuses on the air war over Southeast Asia from […]

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Masessa’s Mohawk – An Airborne Vietnam War MIA Memorial

February 19, 2018 Editor 0

The Grumman OV-1 Mohawk is too brutish to ever be called beautiful, but it has enormous charisma, and as such, it is surprising that so few are active on the air show circuit. Despite its vital […]

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Warbirds Over Addison – Cavanaugh Flight Museum Air Show

February 14, 2018 Editor 0

The Cavanaugh Flight Museum will be holding their annual Warbirds Over Addison air show over the 19th and 20th of May. The flying museum plans something special this year featuring their historic, combat veteran Douglas […]

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A VETERAN’S STORY: The Story of One Huey

January 28, 2018 WarbirdsNews 0

By Pete Mecca In the year 1427, celebrated Vietnamese patriot Le Loi defeated the occupying Chinese soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Considered God-like by the Vietnamese, Le Loi’s birthplace village of Lam Son is regarded […]

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A VETERAN’S STORY: Avoiding Cobras and Flying Cobras

November 25, 2017 WarbirdsNews 0

Carl “Skip” Bell was born at Emory Hospital on August 6, 1945, the same day the B-29 Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. He said of the coincidence, “How about that, two man-made […]

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New CAF Living History Program Launches with “Helicopters and Vietnam”

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PRESS RELEASE – The critical role of helicopters in the Vietnam War is the subject of the first in a series of Living History programs presented by the Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing from 11 […]

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RAAF Re-Establishes No. 100 Squadron as Air Force Heritage Squadron

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PRESS RELEASE – The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) No. 100 Squadron will be re-formed as the Air Force Heritage Squadron, operating from two locations RAAF Base Point Cook and Temora ahead of centenary commemorations […]

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WWII Combat Veteran F4U-1D Corsair Nearing First Flight

It’s been some time since our last update on progress with Mike Spaulding’s Vought Corsair which has been under restoration for the past decade in Mareeba, near the city of Cairns in northern Queensland, Australia. [...]
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Military Aviation Museum Acquires an SBD-5 Dauntless

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In mid-February, the Military Aviation Museum (MAM) in Pungo, Virginia took delivery of a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless project which will soon begin a full, airworthy restoration. However, prior to commencing her rebuild, the MAM is placing their […]

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