by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 25, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250508, Aviation News, Briefings, Commemorative Air Force, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, volunteers from the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) are honoring 423 British servicemen who were killed while training in the U.S. during World War II and remain buried on American soil. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 16, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20231005, Aviation News, Briefings, Commemorative Air Force, Feature, flying, General Aviation, p-51, Pilots
Officials with the Commemorative Air Force Airbase Georgia flew its P-51 Mustang fighter to Florida recently to help surprise a World War II veteran and former P-51 pilot who was celebrating his 100th birthday. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 9, 2023 | #Aircraft, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Aviation News, Commemorative Air Force, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots, Video
Smitty Smith of FunPlacesToFly.com just uploaded a video to YouTube shot at the Commemorative Air Force Warbirds and Wheels aviation event in Lancaster, Texas. The video, which features warbirds, experimentals, and other general aviation airplanes, does not include...
by Frederick Johnsen | Jul 27, 2023 | 20230706, Aviation News, B-17, Commemorative Air Force, flying, General Aviation, Of Wings & Things, Opinion, Pilots
Radio-controlled B-17s were first used to bomb Germany, but after World War II, the Air Force found several other uses for the drones, known as QB-17, including taking radioactive samples, water ditching tests, and testing antiaircraft missiles. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 29, 2023 | #Aircraft, aviation museums, Aviation News, Commemorative Air Force, flying, General Aviation, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, News, Pilots
The public is invited to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, to see three World War II-era aircraft flown by the Commemorative Air Force: The B-29 Superfortress “FiFi,” B-24 Liberator “Diamond Lil,” and a T-6 Texan, the...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jun 14, 2023 | #Aircraft, aviation museums, Aviation News, Commemorative Air Force, General Aviation, Photo of the Day, Pilots
Cheryl Goodwin submitted this photo and note: “A beautiful May morning at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, Arizona, as the Bomber Squadron prepares to leave on their summer tour. The Stearman takes center stage as the B-25 “Maid in the Shade” taxies...
