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TBMs Lead Warbird Salute to Veterans

As a reminder, the TBM Avenger Reunion and Salute to Veterans is on for 2022! This great event, which seems to grow in strength with each iteration will take place at Illinois Valley Regional Airport in Peru, Illinois on Friday, May 20th and Saturday, May 21st, with a full air show each day. In addition to the usual large gathering of TBM Avengers, numerous other warbirds will likely attend as well. The Friday evening display will see the return of several favorites, including the always specta...

Battle lines changed daily during the early dark days of the Korean War, as Allied forces endured brutal combat with their North Korean and Communist Chinese foe, whose numbers too often far outstripped their own. Frequently coming to their rescue from the air, especially during the retreat at Chosin in November 1950, US Navy and Marine Corps F4U Corsairs launched from carriers offshore to help their brethren on the battlefield.

American Airpower Museum Joins Bethpage Air Show Over Jones Beach American Airpower Museum Joins Bethpage Air Show Over Jones Beach Memorial Day Weekend, at the end of May, is when we honor our fallen Veterans, the sacrifices made by active duty military and those retired from service. In observance of Memorial Day, the American Airpower Museum (AAM) in Farmingdale, New York, will continue their historic participation in the Bethpage Air Show, flying their magnificent aircraft over Jones Beach ...

Try refreshing your browser, or Mystery of U.S. aircraft “missing” during flight over Canada continues to raise questions Back to video More than 71 years ago, on January 26, 1950, US Air Force Douglas C-54D Skymaster Serial 42-72469 went missing on a flight between Anchorage/Elmendorf, Alaska and Great Falls, Montana. Two hours into the flight while crossing the Yukon-British Columbia border, the last contact with the plane was in a radio position report received at 1:14 p.m. This ...

Fifth Annual TBM Gathering Set for May 14-15, 2021 Fifth Annual TBM Gathering Set for May 14-15, 2021 TBM Formation Flight (photo by Greg Morehead) After the pandemic forced the cancellation of their 2020 event, the fifth TBM Reunion and Salute to Veterans is now set to occur in Peru, Illinois on May 14/15 according to the air show’s founder, Brad Deckert. The event, normally an annual affair, is dedicated to WWII veterans and the famed Grumman Avenger naval torpedo bomber. An aerial view of...

Mississippi Makeover Over the past 35 years, the P-51 Mustang Gunfighter left its mark in the hearts and minds of countless people who enjoyed flight experiences in the iconic World War Two fighter.  Unfortunately, years of service as a flying memorial and educational tool left their marks on  Gunfighter too.  In 2019, while attending a formation clinic at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation in Tallulah, Louisiana,  Gunfighter pilot Larry “Lumpy” Lumpkin engaged in a conversation with...