Photo Credit: Patrick Albright, Ft Benning Public Affairs Office via D-Day Squadron Waterbury-Oxford Airport, CT (KOXC) Suggested $10 donation per person. It will be paid to the volunteers who will be stationed at various airport access points and in the parking areas( Maps will be available soon). Aircraft will be available for viewing, but likely […]
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D-Day Squadron Announces Final Schedule Ahead of Their Trans-Atlantic Flight
Posted by Ken Kula on April 26th, 2019
Posted in Anniversary Event, Museums, Special Event, U.S. Army, warbirds 
Tags: C-47/C-53/DC-3, D-Day Squadron, Waterbury-Oxford CT 
Comments Off on D-Day Squadron Announces Final Schedule Ahead of Their Trans-Atlantic FlightD-Day Squadron to Make Epic Trans-Atlantic Crossing in May
Posted by Ken Kula on April 6th, 2019
An amazing recreation of World War II transport operations will be assembled in Connecticut in just a few weeks. The D-Day Squadron is the American contingent of a larger anniversary commemoration in Great Britain and France, to be held during early June, 2019 – exactly seventy-five years from the dates of the great military parachute […]
Posted in Anniversary Event, Museums, Special Event, U.S. Army, warbirds Tags: D-Day Squadron, Daks Over Normandy, Douglas C-47, Douglas DC-3, June 6 2019 Comments Off on D-Day Squadron to Make Epic Trans-Atlantic Crossing in MayJASDF Hyakuri Air Festival 2018
Posted by Shawn Byers on January 12th, 2019
Editor’s Note: The JASDF is phasing out their venerable Phantoms, here’s Shawn Byers’ look at a recent celebration. The culmination of my ten day photographic bender in Japan was the JASDF Hyakuri Air Festival, held on Sunday December 2nd, 2018. Hyakuri Air Base is approximately 90 minutes driving time north of Tokyo. After hearing some […]
Posted in airshows, Anniversary Event, Warbird Fighters Tags: 302 Squadron, F-4EJ Phantom, Hyakuri Air Festival Comments Off on JASDF Hyakuri Air Festival 2018RIAT Celebrates the RAF’s Centenary With Commemorative Colors and Warbirds
Posted by Howard German on January 5th, 2019
In 2018 it can be said that one of the most highly anticipated airshows was the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford which was celebrating the Royal Air Force’s centenary. The airshow marked the 100th year anniversary of the Royal Air Force, the world’s oldest independent air arm. Over the years the Air Tattoo […]
Posted in airshows, Anniversary Event, warbirds Tags: Centenary, Commemorative Colors, RAF 100, RIAT 2018 Comments Off on RIAT Celebrates the RAF’s Centenary With Commemorative Colors and Warbirds