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Gunner takes a 'Sentimental Journey'
Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 30—Inching up on eight decades since the end of World War II, Air Force veteran Larry Wills walked onto the taxiway of the Medford airport Tuesday to check out a near-twin to the plane ...
Lt. Waino Friberg was shot down off the coast of Naples, Italy
The Gardner News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWESTMINSTER – In an interview with Mark Landry, a member of the Westminster veteran’s committee,...
'A very cool story.' Air Force Museum shows off ultra rare B-17 'Swoose'
Springfield News-Sun, Ohio via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAug. 23—The painstaking restoration of the world's only B-17 "D" in a hangar on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's Area B exemplifies the kind of work to which National Museum of the U.S. Air ...
Look Back: Plains Twp. airman, 24, killed in B-17 crash during World War II
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMay 19—More than 40 years after being killed in action in the closing days of World War II, a memorial stone was dedicated for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Donini. The dedication was held May ...
Was Masters of the Air worth the wait?
The Week via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCallum Turner and Austin Butler in Masters of the Air, standing by a plane wearing pilots' uniform. More than 20 years in the making, "Masters of the...
Jack Claiborne’s Charlotte: A tale of two brothers and the city that helped raise them
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn scenes so vivid they roll like film, former Charlotte Observer columnist Jack Claiborne, 92,...
Port St. Lucie Air Force veteran turns 103, recalls being shot down during World War II
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAs Bruno Gallerani turns 103 years old, he discusses his time with the U.S. Air Force and his plane...
Greg Jordan: Unexpected sightings a nice surprise at Mercer County Airport
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 9—There are times when you see things you didn't expect to see when you go out on a job. That's what happened when I visited the Mercer County Airport last week. About 10 private planes ...
80 years later, a North Dakota POW's story reflects the horror of one of WWII's darkest days
Dickinson Press, N.D. via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOct. 14—VELVA, N.D. — Chelveston, England, 60 miles northwest of London, was cold and rainy at 7 a.m. on Oct. 14, 1943. But it wasn't the temperature outside that sent a chill up the spines ...
Masters of the Air, review: astonishing wartime epic will take your breath away
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt doesn’t take long for Masters of the Air (Apple TV+) to get going, and when it does: holy hell....