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CAF AirPower History Tour Announces Summer Stops - The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and | The Commemorative Air Force's (CAF) famous Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, FIFI -- the only remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world -- will be the feature World War II airplane in their summer tour that includes over 20 stops starting ...

The Auburn-Opelika Airshow set for May 11, Mother's Day Weekend - Auburn Villager | On May 11, Mother's Day weekend, the Auburn University Regional Airport is bringing the first true airshow to this area since 1984. Attendees of the Auburn-Opelika Airshow will be able to watch aerobatic displays, see vintage warbirds, participate in ...

Moments to remember… from CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | We’re taking a moment from our current stop in Monroe, North Carolina to pause and reflect on the work of the CAF Red Tail Squadron. We spend countless hours on the road hauling around the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit to encourage and inspire people of all ages wherever we go. But why is this still so important, 65+ years after the Tuskegee Airmen took to the skies?...

'40s Hangar Dance May 11 - GardnerEDGE | The Commemorative Air Force – Heart of America Wing is hosting a dance from 7:30 to 11 p.m., Saturday, May 11, at its hangar at New Century AirCenter. Big band music will be provided by The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra. Tickets are $25 per person.

Doolittle Raiders Speak (2013) from AIRBOYD.TV | Video by Tech. Sgt. Dominique Dickens 1st Special Operation Wing Public Affairs (Retired) Lt. Col Richard Cole, Lt. Col Edward Saylor, Staff Sergeant David Thatcher On April 18th, 2013 members of the Doolittle Raiders made a visit to Hurlburt Field and addressed Airmen during a Q&A session. Three of the four surviving WWII members crew [...]

A Rare Stearman Returned Home from Antique Airfield News | In 1998 the Kansas Aviation Museum acquired the remains of Stearman Model 4D, Serial Number 4027. The "Junior Speedmail" as this model was...

PJ Medivac With A-10 Air Support from AIRBOYD.TV | Video by Tech. Sgt. Pedro Jimenez 2nd Combat Camera Squadron Pararescuemen, A-10 Thunderbolts II, and UH-60 Blackhawks respond to an IED blast during an Irregular Warfare scenario at Playas, NM during Exercise Angel Thunder 2013. Angel Thunder is the world’s largest Personnel Recovery exercise, supporting the DoD which affirms Personnel Recovery as “One of the [...]

The Rest is Prehistory - Sydney Morning Herald | On arrival, the first thing you'll notice is the massive red and white tail of a Boeing 747, dwarfing the surrounding airport buildings and the plane you've arrived in. Look a little more closely and you'll probably see people out on the wing, or posing for photographs inside the jet engine. The 747 is just one of the aircraft on display at the Qantas Founders Museum. The aircraft is...

Rumpler C.IV. “This former German air force Rumpler C.IV... from Planeshots | ...was registered as O-BABO to the SNETA company (Syndicat National pour l’Etude de Transports Aériens) on 12 April 1921. In this...

Intrepid Museum From above from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick Stafford

NYPD: 9/11 Landing Gear Found In NYC from AVwebFlash Current Issue | The NYPD said Friday that it believes a piece of wreckage found Wednesday wedged between two buildings in lower Manhattan came from one of the jets that impacted the World Trade Center twelve years ago. According to a police spokesperson, the item was found by surveyors conducting an inspection of a lower Manhattan Islamic community center, and it is stamped with a Boeing part number....

Tourist spaceship may take key flight on Monday - Tehachapi News | News reporters usually don't learn about the flights at Mojave Air & Space Port until after the fact. This week was a major exception. In an interview published Tuesday by the Las Vegas Sun, Virgin's founder, Sir Richard Branson, said the six-passenger ...

Progress 51P Docks with Space Station from Spaceports | The Russian Progress 51P (Прогресс М-19М) automatically docked to the the ISS's Zvezda Service Module on April 26th, 2013. A navigational antenna did not diploy shortly after launch but mission controllers worked around the problem....