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T-6 Texan converted to resemble a Mitsubishi A6M Zero as flown by the Commemorative Air Force's Tora! Tora! Tora! group. In November 2000, the group voted to rename, using the initials "CAF" until a permanent name was selected. [1] Following a 2001 membership vote, the group changed its name to "Commemorative Air Force", effective January 1 ...
The Commemorative Air Force, then known as the Confederate Air Force, acquired it in 1971 and registered it as a civilian aircraft. It was flown to CAF headquarters at Harlingen, Texas on 3 August 1971 and re-registered as N529B in August 1981.
November 12, 2022: in the 2022 Dallas airshow mid-air collision, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed at approximately 1:20 pm local time at the Wings Over Dallas airshow at the airport. Six perished, five occupants on the B-17 and the pilot on the P-63.
The Midland Army Air Field Museum is an aviation museum located at the Midland International Air and Space Port in Midland, Texas operated by the High Sky Wing of the Commemorative Air Force and focused on the history of Midland Army Airfield.
44-73843 Old Red Nose – based at Commemorative Air Force (Dixie Wing) in Peachtree City, Georgia. [159] [160] 44-73856 Double Trouble Two – privately owned in Houston, Texas. [161] 44-73990 Alabama Rammer Jammer – privately owned in Geiger, Alabama. [162] 44-74008 Comfortably Numb – privately owned in Lodi, California. [163]
For 61 years, the Commemorative Air Force has worked to collect, restore and preserve World War II combat aircraft. The Dallas-based nonprofit hosted Saturday’s air show at Dallas Executive ...
In 1991, both the AAHM and CAF moved to Midland, Texas, where the museum operated as the CAF Air Power Museum. [5] [6] A Polikarpov I-16 on display at the museum in 2009 in Midland, Texas. In 2015, the museum's collection was moved to Dallas in anticipation of the creation of the CAF National Airbase. [7]
The Confederate Air Force (now the Commemorative Air Force) moved to Midland in 1991 and holds an annual airshow featuring its warbird aircraft at the airport. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In 2012, the Midland City Council amended a contract allowing three teams of experts – Midland International Airport, Parkhill, and Smith & Cooper – to prepare and ...