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A-10s Using Ex-Warsaw Pact Strips in Poland

How do you land combat aircraft without a modern runway? Since Monday, four A-10s from the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron have practiced landing at a Polish airfield at Nowe Miasto that has been decommissioned for years. The runway itself is old and cracked, and conditions at the former Warsaw Pact airfield are spartan. By having A-10s […]

On This Day in Aviation History

1894 – Birth of Corliss Champion Moseley (shown), American U.S. Army aviator, World War I fighter pilot and later a civilian trainer. He also becomes the winner of the first Pulitzer Air Race flying a Verville-Packard R-1 Racer. 1954 – A Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 is shot down by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force Lavochkin La-7 […]

AirVenture Kicks Off in Oshkosh

Oshkosh’s Wittman Regional Airport once again became the world’s busiest airport this weekend as tens of thousands of people flocked in for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture 2015. “Welcome to Oshkosh, and have a great day,” was the familiar greeting from the control tower as hundreds of aircraft from around the globe touched down Sunday on the […]

An Aussie Trojan’s Story

Speaking exclusively with WarbirdsNews, Australian pilot and warbird enthusiast Chris Godfrey discusses some of the history around his Vietnam War-era North American T-28D Trojan and the latest update on getting his prized possession back into the air. Registered as VH-PFM, Godfrey’s T-28D Trojan has been a popular participant at airshows over the last two decades in […]

Vulcan Makes Last Flight Over RAF Base

Hundreds of aircraft enthusiasts lined the A15 on Sunday to watch Avro Vulcan bomber XH558 fly over RAF Waddington for the last time. Police closed the section of the road by the viewing area so that the crowds could fill the road and enjoy the iconic aircraft’s final goodbye. The engine life of the 55-year-old aircraft, which was […]

Iraqi General Crashes F-16 in Arizona

An Iraqi pilot who has been training in the United States for four years was flying an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft that crashed in southern Arizona, a spokesman for the Iraqi defense minister said Thursday. “We have no word yet on his fate or the reason behind the crash,” Brig. Gen. Tahseen Ibrahim told The […]

Warbirds to Re-enact Siberia Run

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, a group of aviation enthusiasts are recreating a key piece of war history that happened in Great Falls, Mont. Vintage WWII aircraft will be coming to town July 17-19 to highlight the role Great Falls played in winning the war. Before the […]

Plane Spotting at Paris Air Show

While much of the business of aviation being conducted at this week’s Paris (or Le Bourget, officially) Air Show may not appeal to many fans, the sights and sounds of all those aircraft undoubtedly does, so take a look at some fantastic images at this iconic event, courtesy of CNN, here. Photo by CNN

France’s Top Ten Flyers

To coincide with Dassault’s glitzy roll-out of the wide-body Falcon 5X business jet last week, and as the aerospace industry prepares to travel to Le Bourget for the Paris air show, Flightglobal’s Top 10 feature looks at some of the most significant and iconic French aircraft of the post-Second World War era. For photos and the complete story by […]

CAF Starts Fund for ‘That’s All, Brother’

Story by the Commemorative Air Force The transport aircraft that led the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, more than 70 years ago has been rediscovered in an aircraft boneyard in Wisconsin. Believed lost to history, the airplane, a Douglas C-47, was slated to be cut apart and remanufactured as a modern turbo-prop. The Commemorative Air […]