Aviation News
A Tornado GR1 fighter is put up for sale by a former RAF technician in order to raise funds to restore a Lightning warbird. He is asking for £20,000 to sell the aircraft.
By Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
A VC10 fuselage had to snaked its way through narrow streets during a six-hour road trip from Bruntingthorpe airfield in Leicestershire to RAF Cosford Museum where it will go under permanent display.
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The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron flew its final QF-4 Phantom mission May 27 at Tyndall Air Force Base.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alex Echols
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Bruce Willis is currently in Shanghai for the shooting of a Chinese-language World War 2 movie, The Bombing. Willis plays the role of a American Volunteer Group pilot teaching South Korean star Song Seung-heon how to fly a fighter plane.
Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Former Sgt. John M. Watson fought in the Second World War as a crew chief with the Tuskegee Airman. However, he was not officially recognized as a member of the group until May 20.
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