Theodore ‘Dutch’ Van Kirk, the navigator of the Enola Gay, has passed away on Jul. 28 at the age of 93.
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Category: Heritage
A-10 gets new life as storm chaser
A retired A-10 is getting a new lease of life as a storm chaser. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Zivko Aeronautics will modify the jet at Guthrie-Edmond Regional Airport.
India’s sixth C-17 coming home with restored Havard
India’s sixth C-17 strategic transport will be returning home on Jul. 28, before touching down in New Delhi, it will make a stop in U.K. to pick up a restored T-6G Harvard for the IAF.
Flood waters wash away war birds
Two vintage Soviet-era fighters were washed away by flood waters in the Russian Far East city of Magadan on Jul. 22.
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Decommissioning of USS Saratoga delayed
The process of decommissioning aircraft carrier USS Saratoga has been put on hold after a family of peregrine falcons were found nesting under an aircraft elevator.
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