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DOOLITTLE RAIDER: A B-25 Mitchell bomber undergoes renovation in the hangar of the Arizona wing of the Commemorative Air Force. B-25s flew Col. Jimmy Doolittle’s 1942 air raid on Japan, launched from a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Hornet. PHOTOS BY JEREMY THOMAS, CRONKITE NEWS SERVICE
Airplane enthusiasts and history buffs will have the chance this week to see three famous aircraft of World War II at Deer Valley Airport.
Three World War II vintage bombers are landing in Scottsdale on Friday for a weekend of instructive tours and exciting flying.
The Commemorative Air Force’s Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, FIFI — the only remaining flight ready example of the aircraft in the world — will visit Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Thursday, Feb. 28 through Sunday, March 3.
Jacob Webb wasn’t alarmed when a B-24 bomber flew over his house. Instead, he was eager to see it up close, get inside and play with the machine guns onboard.
Under a cloudless sky on sunsplashed Williams Field High School's Black Hawk Stadium, nearly 3,000 people basked in a day of honoring what military veterans in attendance fought for decades ago as well as current servicemen and servicewomen in Iraq and Afghanistan:
Under a cloudless sky on sunsplashed Williams Field High School's Black Hawk Stadium, nearly 3,000 people basked in a day of honoring what military veterans in attendance fought for decades ago as well as current servicemen and servicewomen in Iraq and Afghanistan:
Under a cloudless sky on sunsplashed Williams Field High School's Black Hawk Stadium, nearly 3,000 people basked in a day of honoring what military veterans in attendance fought for decades ago as well as current servicemen and servicewomen in Iraq and Afghanistan:
Like sentinels frozen in time, hulking bombers and sleek fighter jets stand side-by-side in a hangar at Falcon Field, reminders of campaigns fading now even for those who once flew and fought.
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