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PLATTSBURGH, NY  — A Plattsburgh Air Force Base Museum is not a new concept, but to re-establish one 19 years after the former Strategic Air Command base closed is.   The resurrection of the museum was seeded a year and

Vacaville, CA – Dreams of a world-class, Vacaville-based air and space museum with an educational component have taken a giant step toward becoming a reality, with proponents securing a chunk of the land on which it would sit. In late

NWOC has just published the NWOC 2014 preliminary agenda. Late additions to the agenda include a review of the Pilot’s Bill of Rights and a look at the upcoming Order 8130.2H. Together with previously announced guest speakers, operational, medical and

SEATTLE, WA – Pilot Andrew Lohmar led the team in control of the Museum’s ScanEagle drone during the 2009 Navy rescue mission of MV Maersk Alabama captain Richard Phillips. On Jan. 25 at 2:30 p.m., Lohmar will talk about the

The head of a York Aviation Museum is to receive one of the highest awards France can bestow for ensuring the memory of French airmen lives on.   French President Francois Hollande has conferred the Ordre National du Mérite on

Pensacola, FL – As part of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation’s Discovery Saturday series, please join us for these free Naval Aviation history presentations at the National Naval Aviation Museum. 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 25  As we celebrate the 100th

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, and Senator Rob Portman sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James expressing serious concerns over moving

Pensacola, FL – As part of the National Naval Aviation Museum’s 50th anniversary, the Museum is proud to present the Navy’s latest in aerospace technology, a full-scale mock-up of Northrop Grumman’s X-47B unmanned combat air system.  The X-47B was originally

Nova Scotia, Canada — Volunteers from the Jet Aircraft Museum are taking apart two jets that have stood proudly in Cornwallis Park since 1987 – symbols of the military history of the former CFB Cornwallis.   Some have lamented the

York, United Kingdom — Four test aircrew members who gave their lives to help create the famous Blackburn Buccaneer aircraft were remembered at a special service.   The service, took place in the museum’s chapel, saw the Blackburn Buccaneer XV168,

Galviston, TX — A British tourist in the United States for his 41st wedding anniversary was killed in the crash of a vintage World War II-era plane in the waters off of Galveston, Texas, authorities said Thursday. John Stephen Busby,

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — As a youngster, Michael Emmens never particularly looked forward to the family’s vacation each summer.   “We would go to reunions of the Raiders — they had them every year,” he recalled. “I remember saying, ‘Do

Rexburg, ID – A small U.S. Navy fighter plane has had a circuitous journey to get to its new home at the Legacy Flight Museum at the Rexburg-Madison County Airport. The McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk II went from the Navy’s

Alamogordo, MN – Rocket a man into space? How will you protect him above the atmosphere?   NASA issued “specifications for the Mercury pressure suit” in October 1959, according to NASA’s “Project Mercury: A Chronology” (1963). The first phase would

Durham, UK – Plans have been unveiled for a North-East helicopter museum combined with a ground-breaking venture in the rehabilitation of disabled former armed forces personnel.   The proposals, revealed at community consultation event at the Shotton community Centre, in