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On June 6, 2026, the anniversary of D-Day, a solemn international ceremony took place near Wiehe, Germany, to honor American World War II airmen who were killed in action (KIA) or taken prisoner of war (POW) after their aircraft were shot down over the region. The commemoration ceremony brought together families, historians, volunteers, and invited military representatives.

On June 6, 2026, the anniversary of D-Day, a solemn international ceremony will take place near Wiehe, Germany, to honor American World War II airmen who were killed in action (KIA) or taken prisoner of war (POW) after their aircraft were shot down over the region. The commemoration ceremony will bring together families, historians, volunteers, and invited military representatives.

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The nonprofit Pacific Wrecks, dedicated to preserving World War II history, has joined with a Wisconsin museum to locate the remains of World War II ace Richard Bong’s aircraft in the South Pacific. Bong, renowned for downing 40 Japanese aircraft during the war, piloted a Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter plane affectionately named “Marge” after his girlfriend, Marjorie Vattendahl.

When the name Stearman is mentioned in aviation circles, the first thought that comes to mind is of the popular World War II PT-13, PT-17 and N2S biplane military primary training planes that introduced thousands of military pilots to flying. However, for the most part, those airplanes were actually Boeing Model 75 Kaydets. The Stearman Aircraft Company was founded by Lloyd Stearman at Venice, California, in 1927 and then re-organized a year later in Wichita, Kansas.

HeliStorm, Inc, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in the Denver metro area, is pleased to announce HeliStorm™ 2025, a first-of-its-kind helicopter industry recruiting event that takes place from May 30-31, 2025 on the front grounds of the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

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On May 1st, 1982, nine Sea Harriers from 800 Naval Air Squadron attacked the airfield at Port Stanley in the Falklands. Then a Flight Lieutenant, David Morgan was the pilot of the last aircraft to attack and was forced to come in just above ground level to avoid the airfield defenses. Despite being hit by 20mm AA fire, he managed to escape by flying at less than 30 feet above the runway and returned safely to HMS Hermes.

Since 1912, when a young man named George Gray landed an open-cockpit biplane on a farmer’s field, aviation has played an important role in communities located throughout the 6 million-acre Adirondack Park. Through a range of historic images and postcards, Aurora Pfaff tells the story of pilots who linked communities by air, transported goods and people, and the small towns and airfields that they called home.