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  WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE Dayton, OH — Tours of historic presidential and experimental aircraft will end today because of budget cuts at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.   The cuts will sideline bus tours during the

  Visitors to the National Air and Space Museum don’t often get to see the work that goes on behind the scenes. This is especially true in terms of the labor that goes into collecting and caring for their artifacts.

Horsham, PA USA — Once the fence around the sprawling 1,100-acre former Willow Grove air base comes down to make way for homes, a school, a town center and more, future generations may not know its history as a military

In recent weeks we have been regaled with stories about the imminent unearthing In Myanmar of literally squadrons of brand-new World War II Spitfires – that iconic aircraft of the Battle of Britain in 1940 – that were supposedly buried

The United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly known as the Soviet Union dominated by Russia, battled for supremacy in space in the 1960s in a race that was much closer than people realized. The Soviet Union

Hamilton, Ontario Canada — The story of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s flying Lancaster, one of only two currently flying in the world, is legendary to say the least. From 1977 when “FM213” was acquired from the Royal Canadian Legion

Warner Robbins, Georga USA — Museum of Aviation events are true to their vision to “explore the past, create the future” in the many field trips, tours, flight labs and outreach programs they offer. Coming March 30 is “Spring into

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  In autumn 1940, as the Battle of Britain raged, Luftwaffe commander-in-chief Hermann Göring gazed across the Channel towards Dover’s white cliffs and asked German fighter ace Adolf Galland what he’d need to defeat the RAF. ‘Eine Ausstattung von Spitfires

Pueblo, CO USA — Visitation at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum continues to fly higher due to new offerings. Visitor numbers in 2012 approached 20,000, up from 8,000 as recently as 2008, the volunteer group that runs the city museum

Awesome video of the assembly and hanging of six WWII-era aircraft, all in under six minutes at the National WWII Museum.  

Walter Boyne, former director of the National Air and Space Museum, explains the business from the inside out. By Barrett Tillman Humans are collectors. We keep items that are important to us and preserve them for future memory—our own and

We are looking for people who have an outgoing personality, a general love of history, enjoy meeting new people, want to belong to a great organization as it is grows. We need volunteers for the following: Front Desk: (welcome the