The Yankee Air Museum’s Republic F-84F Thunderstreak Restoration by Barry Levine The Yankee Air Museum has recently completed the restoration of their Republic F-84F-35-GK Thunderstreak. The 2nd generation jet fighter was built under license at General […]
Yankee Air Museum’s B-52 by Barry Levine The Yankee Air Museum in Belleville, Michigan has a wide range of aircraft in its collection – including a Boeing B-52D Stratofortress on permanent loan from the National […]
As WarbirdsNews reported a couple of weeks ago, Kalitta Air has been refurbishing the exterior of the Yankee Air Museum’s C-47 Skytrain at their maintenance facility in Oscoda, Michigan. Kalitta began their efforts, stripping the […]
Oscoda, Michigan—The Kalitta Maintenance division of Kalitta Air is making quick work of a huge restoration project. They are putting a new finish on the Yankee Air Museum’s first airplane, a World War Two era […]
WORLD WAR II WEEKEND By A. Kevin Grantham The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM) offered its annual graduate course in 1940s-era culture at Spaatz Field (Reading Regional Airport) in Reading, Pennsylvania, over the weekend of 1-3 […]
Last year, Neptune Aviation Services, retired the remainder of their fleet of Lockheed P2V Neptune fire bombers. The move came following a U.S. Forestry Service requirement to upgrade to younger airframes. The company has since […]
As previously reported HERE by WarbirdsNews, the Yankee Air Museum has launched the “The Warning Star Rescue Project” to save a Lockheed EC-121K Warning Star, and move it to their facility in Ypsilanti, Michigan. A team has […]
By Austin Hancock Belleville, MI – The Yankee Air Force/Museum, known for operating a gorgeous outfit of WWII “heavy iron,” is seeking to add to their ever unique collection of aircraft. Along with the B-17, […]
By Tom Pawlesh D-Day Conneaut in Conneaut, Ohio is the largest D-Day reenactment in the world and is getting bigger and better every year. Totally funded by sponsors and donations, this huge event is free to […]
After several years of effort, the Yankee Air Museum now officially owns the remaining 144,000 square foot section of the old Ford Bomber Plant at Willow Run in Ypsilanti, Michigan. WarbirdsNews has been following this project […]
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