Category: Heritage

A rare Imperial Japanese Navy Type 89 Machine-gun Camera Kai 2 is for sale on eBay. This training device, shaped as a machine gun, is for teaching gunners.

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The United States Army Air Forces P=51 fighter pilot who flew the final combat mission of World War II, Jerome “Jerry” Yellin, has passed away on Dec. 21 in Florida.

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Folks over at Warbird News says the KB-50J Superfortress, #49-0389, on display at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida is being dismantled for a long road trip to the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, Delaware.

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News reports from Russia say legendary Soviet test pilot Marina Popovich has passed away on Nov. 30. She was a former Soviet Air Force colonel and military test pilot.

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