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Pilot Elwood Lawson's P-29 airplane was shot down over Italy in 1944 and his body was never found

At 97, Harold Haywood Brown is one of just a few surviving Tuskegee Airmen.

Following the devastating damage which a tornado inflicted upon the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation's (BAHF) long-serving Douglas C-54E Skymaster Spirit of Freedom in Walterboro, South Carolina during April, 2020, one could be forgiven for wondering whether the organization could rebound from such a body blow. But such thoughts surely underestimated the drive of those involved, determination which mirrors the spirit of the aircrews whom they celebrate for their bravery and sacrifice...

Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft taxied down the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson pavement and pulled up alongside F-22 Raptors outside the 525th

Westminster College’s Office of Faith and Spirituality will feature local World War II veteran First Lt. Wallace “Wally” King at the College’s annual Veterans Day program at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 11 in Wallace Memorial Chapel.

On July 15, 1942, a formation of six Lockheed P-38s and two B-17s from the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) were making their way across the northern Atlantic Ocean heading for Great Britain.[1] Using the call sign Tomcat Flight, the small P-38 fighters were escorted by the larger B-17 bombers that had a dedicated navigator and a radio operator on board shepherding their “little friends” on the long journey. While this area of the globe is known for its fickle weather, the summer months were gener...

With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to look at some haunted spots where spirits still roam. Here’re 5 places where ghosts might give you a fright.

Bill Crump found a coyote pup while in flight school and then he took it to war.

Warbird Digest has received the July/August, 2021 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to see how the project has progressed since our last article on this important project. So without further ado, here it goes!

There’s rarely a dull moment in the life of a paranormal news writer. Some weeks it’s time travelers. Other weeks it’s rock stars seeing UFOs. This week it’s Roswell witnesses. That may seem strange since the alleged crash of a spaceship in Roswell, New Mexico, occurred in 1947 and those who were or may have... Read more »