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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 spectacular AeroShell Aerobatic Team's Night Airshow, the TBM Night Time Flame Show, beer garden, foo...

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 on Saturday, May 29 th and Sunday, May 30 th. The museum’s press release notes… AAM’s fleet of...

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 report stated that the aircraft had passed over Snag, Yukon Territory, and five minutes later was ex...