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Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, a navigator who on Aug. 6, 1945, guided the Enola Gay over Hiroshima to drop the first nuclear bomb in the history of warfare, died Monday at an assisted living facility in Stone Mountain, Ga. He

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CAPE MAY, NJ – Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Aviation Museum will hold a Coast Guard Celebration event Aug. 2. The event will celebrate the U.S. Coast Guard’s 224th birthday and also recognize Cape May County’s recent designation as an

New York, NY — This fall, the New York City home of NASA’s space shuttle Enterprise will focus its attention on another big piece of space history: the Hubble Space Telescope.   The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum has

Seattle, WA — Restoration and painting of the exterior of the Boeing 747 prototype at The Museum of Flight is under way. Technicians arrived this month to begin returning the jumbo jet to the gleaming livery worn on its maiden

DAYTON, Ohio (AFNS) — The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force honored the first aviation mechanic, Charles E. Taylor, by unveiling a bronze bust of his likeness for permanent display during a ceremony in the museum’s Early Years Gallery

HELENA, MT — The four-engine Lockheed EC-121 “Warning Star” that sits on the north end of the Helena Regional Airport has caught the attention of a California air museum.   Jeff Wadekamper, director of the Helena Regional Airport, said, “In

Lexington Park, MD — It’s been a long haul for its supporters, but visible signs of the new Patuxent River Naval Air Museum are now showing up just outside the base’s Gate 1. And in a significant milestone, a “Topping

Cosford, Shropshire, UK — Three World War One aircraft have been taken to a museum in Shropshire ahead of an exhibition about the conflict.   Royal Air Force Museum Cosford said the “iconic” aircraft included the Sopwith Pup – “probably

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — For 30 years, tourists from around the world have paid money to get a look at two airplanes once owned by Elvis Presley at Graceland in Memphis. Fans enjoy touring the planes for their direct connection

Lake Ontario, New York — The wreck of a U.S. Air Force C-45 aircraft abandoned during flight by its crew in 1952 has been located in deep water off Oswego, New York.  Crippled by the failure of one of its

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — It has been nearly 25 years since the crash of United Airlines Flight 232 in Sioux City. To honor those impacted by the crash, a new exhibit is now open to the public. “There are certain

Colorado Springs, CO — The National Museum of World War II Aviation has received $6 million in grants from a California foundation to build a permanent exhibit and education hall that will more than triple the size of the museum

Port Clinton, OH — An important part of Ohio’s aviation history flew into Erie-Ottawa Regional Airport Wednesday night. The “City of Wichita,” a Ford Trimotor that flew for an early airline inaugurated in 1929 with the help of aviation hero

DAYTON, OH  — To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I in Europe as one of the nation’s premier historical aviation events, the World War I Dawn Patrol Rendezvous will bring the excitement and adrenaline of