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Regular people given chance to fly with the Blue Angels - WAVE | LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - It may be the most exciting, the most awe inspiring, and the most challenging thrill ride there is. A flight with the Blue Angels is a once in a lifetime experience. And at every stop on their tour, the Navy hot shots take a couple lucky people from the community into the skies with them, rewarded with the opportunity for the work they're doing to serve our city....

Video: Blue Angels performance brings pilot, crew members home to Kentucky - WAVE | LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The Blue Angels are back in Louisville to perform in the 25th annual Thunder Over Louisville. The last time they performed their jaw dropping stunts over the Ohio River was in 2006. Before they headed to Louisville a record 28,000 people head out to watch the Blue Angels first flight demonstration in a year at their base in Pensacola, Florida. Thanks to Washington's budget, the Blue Angels spent most of 2013 grounded. They only flew at two show sites. This year they are scheduled to appear at 35 show sites....

Blue Angels, F-22 Raptors arrive for Thunder - WDRB | LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Blue Angels Flight Squadron landed at the Louisville Air National Guard Base around 10 a.m. Thursday for their performance at Thunder Over Louisville....

Slideshow: DM's Thunder and Lightning set to fill the skies with wonder - Arizona Daily Star | 1. The Air Force Thunderbirds: The squadron is an air-combat command unit with eight pilots, four support officers, four civilians and more than 100 enlisted personnel in specialty jobs. Six pilots fly in formation....

Kent Spitfire will be a star at Biggin Hill Festival of Flight - Kent News | The Kent Spitfire will be joined by a Hawker Hurricane at Biggin Hill’s Festival of Flight this summer. The fighters, both so synonymous with the Battle of Britain, will be flying from the airfield’s Heritage Hangar in a display for the Festival of Flight on Saturday, June 14....

Pacific Aviation Museum to Commemorate The Battle of Midway · Warbirds News | The Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is marking the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Midway on June 7th with a lecture by the museum’s curator, Burl Burlingame, and their restoration manager, Jim Martinelli. Starting at 2pm, the presentation, titled “Flying Fortresses Over Midway”, will discuss the important role B-17s played during this pivotal battle, often regarded as the turning point in the Pacific War. At around 4pm...

Collings Foundation – Wings of Freedom Tour Update · Warbirds News | The Collings Foundation is celebrating the 25th anniversary of  their Wings of Freedom tour this year. Barnstorming their aircraft across the country is a massive undertaking, but in the tradition of barnstormers throughout the age of flight, their aircraft are eagerly anticipated wherever they stop. This year’s tour features the Foundation’s B-17G Flying Fortress “Nine-O-Nine”, B-24J Liberator “Witchcraft” and TP-51C Mustang “Betty Jane” and has already visited more than 20 locations in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. The trio will stop in...

Salem couple's effort to honor Doolittle Tokyo Raiders is gaining momentum - The Union Leader | SALEM — A Salem couple is racing against time in an effort to get legislation passed honoring the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, a group of World War II pilots who conducted a precarious raid on Japan in 1942. On Monday, Brian and Cyndee Anderson said they're another step closer in their mission to ensure the group's four surviving members are formally recognized with Congressional Gold Medals....

See your donations dollars soar to new heights! * Red Tail Squadron | The CAF Red Tail Squadron would like to thank all of our supporters who made donations to fund the engine replacement for our P-51C Mustang, the Tuskegee Airmen. We want to show you first-hand an example of the return on your donation investment to our organization....

Video: Member of WWII Flying Tigers Squadron Visits USS Lexington - KIII TV3 | CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) -The U.S.S. Lexington had a special visitor onboard Wednesday morning -- 90-year old Horace Johnson, a member of the famous Flying Tigers. The Flying Tigers were a special air squadron whose mission was to defend China against the Japanese during World War II....

Video: Letters Home from a Fallen Hero - ABC30.com | VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Visalia man's quest to find out about the father he never knew, is now a book available on Amazon -- and has even caught the attention of a movie producer. On March 29, 1943 during the North Africa campaign of World War Two -- B-25 pilot, Lt. Roger Jamison -- just 22 years old -- learned his son Roger Junior was born, back home in the United States. Decades later, that son...

Two years in the making but Pam’s embroidery tribute for the Red Arrows is finally complete - Bournemouth Echo | AN EXPERT embroiderer has created a stunning tribute for the Red Arrows’ 50th anniversary year. Pamela Roberts, who lives in Branksome, has had her work displayed across the world and been thanked in the past by officials at Buckingham Palace for her creations. She has spent the last two years working on her latest intricately woven piece which she hopes will be displayed at the Red Arrows headquarters in Scampton....

Aviation Photography Workshop Series - Three Events Planned for Fall 2014 - PR Web | After a successful 2013 fall and winter workshop season, 3G Aviation Media is conducting the final preparations prior to announcing their photography workshop schedule for the fall of 2014. Previous workshops at the Commemorative Air Force – Dixie Wing in Peachtree City, Georgia, and at Stallion 51 Flight Operations in Kissimmee, Florida have laid the groundwork for 3G Aviation Media to return to these flight facilities and conduct a new series of workshops starting in September 2014....

Wings Over The Rockies Museum hosts robotics event for National Robotics Week - The Denver Post | Like robots? You’re not alone. Wings Over The Rockies Air & Space Museum is right there with you. From 12 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, the museum is featuring the cutting-edge technology of robotics. The event will showcase how robots are doing things that humans can’t, such as exploring planets, snapping rare photos of solar systems and performing high-risk, precision-based surgeries. The event takes place in conjunction with National Robotics Week, and people will have the opportunity to meet with industry leaders including inventors, enthusiasts and roboticists....

Wings Over Houston Airshow calls for 2014 Scholarship applications - Your Houston News | The Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Houston Airshow is accepting scholarship applications for its 2014-2015 scholarship program. The organization will award up to five scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 each to selected college students. The scholarships, which are intended to assist and reward students who have demonstrated academic potential, leadership and extracurricular involvement, are available for students pursuing degrees associated with a career in aviation, aeronautics or aerospace....

Program teaches youngsters an appreciation for aviation - Florida Today | Since 1993, more than 2 million kids across 90 countries have had the opportunity to take free airplane rides, courtesy of the Experimental Aircraft Associations’ Young Eagles program....