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Restored plane that led D-Day bombing will visit Dayton April 18, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A restored plane that led the invasion of Normandy during World War II will visit the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton next week. The C-47 called “That’s All, Brother” will visit the museum April 20 to 22, the Dayton Daily News reported Tuesday. The plane led some 800 C-47s in the airborne invasion on June 6, 1944, that dropped thousands of paratroopers into northern France, the newspaper reported. It was sold in 1945. “Over the next several decades...

US Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia Many aircraft have come and gone over the past century of military aviation. But a few workhorse aircraft have endured, continuing to fill a role above the battlefield. There's an old saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Some aerial warhorses take that pretty literally.  That definitely seems to be the philosophy used by many countries around the world in retaining large numbers of older aircraft as the mainstays of their air forces. Fighters, attack planes, bombers, and even tankers, all populate this list of old w...

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In our world lead, d-day. their marching orders were save the world. on june 6th, 1944, u.s. paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines from high over normandy with no idea if they were going to make it out alive or if "operation overlord" would be successful. on d-day, staff sergeant tom rice jumped with the 101st airborne. just 22 years old. he said it was the worst jump of his life. now at age 97, he invited cnn along as he prepared for a second jump. rice trained at the gym for months. this week he made his way to france to climb aboard a c-47 once again. here's our inside look at how staff s...