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Yankee Air Museum Photoshoot

September 10, 2020 WarbirdsNews 0

by Tom Pawlesh With the airshow season pretty much cancelled this year due to COVID-19, finding an aviation event to get excited about has been next to impossible. The weekend of August 29-30, 2020 should […]

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Yankee Air Museum Seeks Information on B-24J Known as Michigan

April 22, 2019 Editor 1

April 22, 2019— The Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan is actively seeking first person accounts from airmen whom served on a B-24 Liberator bomber nicknamed Michigan which flew in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. This […]

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Restoring a Republic F-84F Thunderstreak at the Yankee Air Museum

January 3, 2019 Editor 2

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 […]

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Restoring the Yankee Air Museum’s Boeing B-52D Stratofortress

November 19, 2018 Editor 0

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 […]

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Yankee Air Museum’s C-47 Becomes “Hairless Joe”

August 2, 2018 WarbirdsNews 2

As WarbirdsNews readers will remember, a few weeks ago, the Yankee Air Museum unveiled their freshly refinished Douglas C-47D Skytrain 44-76716. The aircraft had – for decades – worn a polished metal and white post-war livery, […]

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Yankee Air Museum’s C-47 Honors the 1st Air Commando Group

July 2, 2018 WarbirdsNews 2

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 […]

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EC-121 “Warning Star” Moving to the Yankee Air Museum

June 19, 2017 WarbirdsNews 12

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 […]

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The Warning Star Rescue Project

February 22, 2017 WarbirdsNews 7

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, […]

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Yankee Air Museum Takes Ownership of Willow Run Plant

November 1, 2014 WarbirdsNews 2

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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Yankee Air Museum to Change its Name

September 19, 2014 WarbirdsNews 0

According to an article in the Detroit News, the Yankee Air Museum is set to update its name to reflect its new position. The museum, now in its fourth decade, has accomplished some major goals […]

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D-Day Squadron Documentary Premiere at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

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The Air Force Museum Foundation Living History Series invites you to the film premiere of “Into Flight Once More” on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. You will […]

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C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ Flies!

As many readers are well aware, we have been following the restoration of combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095, better known as Beach City Baby, for some years now. Jason Capra and his band of [...]
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