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Restoring the F-14A at Patriots Point Museum

Posted on April 25, 2016 by alert5

Watch the Flight Deck Veterans Group restore the F-14A (BuNo 159025) at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum.

RCAF unveils CF-18 Demonstration jet for 2016 season

Posted on April 7, 2016April 7, 2016 by alert5

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) unveiled its CF-18 Demonstration Jet for its 2016 season at Wing 4 on Apr. 5.

The CF-18 Demonstration Jet is unveiled during a ceremony at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, on 5 April, 2016. Image by: Cpl Bryan Carter, 4 Wing Imaging, CK04-2016-0278-002 Le CF-18 de démonstration est dévoilé pendant une cérémonie tenue à la 4e Escadre de Cold Lake, en Alberta, le 5 avril 2016. Photo Caporal Bryan Carter, Imagerie de la 4e Escadre Cold Lake (Alberta), CK05-2016-0278-002 — The CF-18 Demonstration Jet is unveiled during a ceremony at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, on 5 April, 2016.
Image by: Cpl Bryan Carter, 4 Wing Imaging, CK04-2016-0278-002
Le CF-18 de démonstration est dévoilé pendant une cérémonie tenue à la 4e Escadre de Cold Lake, en Alberta, le 5 avril 2016.
Photo Caporal Bryan Carter, Imagerie de la 4e Escadre Cold Lake (Alberta), CK05-2016-0278-002

Former Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk moving to a new home

Posted on April 5, 2016 by alert5

Former Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk was towed from its home of 16-years in Shenzhen, China on Apr. 2 and will be heading to a new aircraft carrier theme park in Nantong, Jiangsu province.

By 颐园新居 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History raising funds to restore its RB-52B

Posted on April 4, 2016 by alert5

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History is crowd-sourcing for funds to buy paint to restore its RB-52B. This bomber is unique as it was one of the few that actually dropped an atomic bomb during its career.

Photo: National Museum of Nuclear Science & History