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Osprey to star in ASDF air show - The Japan Times | The controversial U.S. tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey aircraft will debut to the public at the Air Self-Defense Force’s Nyutabaru Air Base in Miyazaki Prefecture on Dec. 1, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Tuesday. The Osprey, which can take off and land like a helicopter and cruise like an airplane, has been deployed to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa...

Dillard High School to Host Commemorative Air Force Traveling Exhibit; reception tonight! - Broward Net Online | The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron will host a free RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit sponsored by JM Family Enterprises and Stonegate Bank at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale.  Students enrolled in afterschool programs at the Boys & Girls Club of Broward County and Urban League of Broward County will be able to visit the exhibit from November 18 – 21, 2013...

Thunderbirds to honor fallen pilot with dedication of restored F-105 replica - News3 | NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE -- A historic one-12th scale model F-105 "Thunderchief" display will be officially unveiled, in its professionally restored glory, at a ceremony Friday. The 600-pound model will be on permanent display in front of the Thunderbirds hangar, perched atop the same tall, red, white and blue post that held it for 25 years in front of main access gate of the base....

RAF Cosford Air Show wins Tourism Award - UK Airshow News - Flightline UK | The RAF Cosford Air Show has won one of the top Shropshire tourist awards for 2013. The winners of the 2013 Shropshire Star Awards were announced at a packed ceremony held at the Ironbridge Museum on Monday 18 November. The final announcement of the day was the winner of the Tourism Event of the Year, sponsored by the Shrewsbury Club, and with a short list including two other major events it was a tense moment for all those concerned. However, the Air Show which brings over 60,000 people to the county was a popular choice. The Award was received by Air Show Chairman, Wing Commander Paul Lilly, and Air Show Director, Amanda Butcher...

Warbirds News

• Sahara’s P-40 Kittyhawk Update 
• Yanks UH-1H Huey Unveiling 
• Douglas C-47 ‘Whiskey 7 ‘ Back To Normandy France In June Of 2014 
• Victoria Air Maintenance’s Mosquito Almost Ready To Fly 
• A New Home For The Fiat G 59 
• New Aviation Museum For Greater Edmonton Region

The Aero Experience:

• McDonnell Douglas Retirees Visit Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, Donate Space Mission Memorabilia
• Variety of "Big Birds" Come Home to Roost at Chicago O'Hare International Airport
• Air and Military Museum of the Ozarks Honors Veterans with Variety of Interactive Exhibits

Antique Airfield:

• Stars of the Sky and Screen - 2014 Fly-in Theme
• Tweety Bird Flies Again!
• Taylorcraft Flying Video
• Teri Chastain's Hatz Project
• Texas and Florida Chapter Newsletters

Visit California’s March Field Air Museum - airplanes.com | ...Today, visitors to the March Field Air Museum will find more than 70 historic aircraft on display, including the famous Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” and World War II aircraft such as the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-29 Superfortress, the B-25 Mitchell bomber and the Douglas A/B-26 Invader. Many of these aircraft are on loan from the USAF Museum at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Aircraft on display that are owned by the museum include an A-37 “Dragonfly” Cessna; C-54Q “Skymaster” Douglas; an FO-141 Folland “Gnat”; an H-21B “Workhorse” Piasecki; a MiG-19; a MiG-21F-13; and Mig-23BN, among others...

U.S. Coast Guard wants to get its hands on 14 C-27J Spartan planes - The Aviationist | Pentagon has recently announced  the decision to assign seven C-27J Spartan airlifters to the U.S. SOCOM (Special Operations Command). The aircraft are part of the batch of 21 tactical transport aircraft procured by the U.S. Air Force before the service took the controversial decision to store them all because they were too expensive to operate...