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The Commemorative Air Force (CAF), formerly known as the Confederate Air Force, [1] is an American non-profit organization based in Dallas, Texas, that preserves and shows historical aircraft at airshows, primarily in the U.S. and Canada.
The airplane was retired in 1958 and placed at the U.S. Navy Naval Weapons Center and bombing range at China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station in California as part of a group of 36 B-29s. [2] The Commemorative Air Force, then known as the Confederate Air Force, acquired it in 1971 and registered it as a civilian aircraft.
The CAF Southern California Wing Museum (commonly shortened to CAF SoCal) is an air museum at Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California. [1] It is a unit of the Commemorative Air Force . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is home to several airworthy historic aircraft, as well as static aircraft, displays, models, and artifacts primarily related to military ...
Originally known as the Confederate Air Force, the name was changed following a vote by members in 2001. At a press conference on Saturday, Commemorative Air Force President and CEO Hank Coates ...
TP-51C #42-103293 "Betty Jane" appears at Airshows around the United States P-51C #42-103645 in Tuskegee Airmen livery as flown by Commemorative Air Force P-51D #45-11439 "Quicksilver" at the Geneseo (NY) Air Show, July 2017 P-51D #45-11559 "Mad Max" at the Geneseo (NY) Air Show, July 2017 P-51D #67-14866 "Bum Steer" at the 2019 Fort Worth ...
The High Sky Wing holds the annual AIRSHO event, a continuation from when it was the headquarters of the Commemorative Air Force. [16] [17] It also holds two annual fundraisers, Hops & Props and Wine and Warbirds, the former also a holdover from before the museum.
AirShow San Diego (formerly Wings over Gillespie) was an air show usually held during the first weekend of June at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, California.It was conducted by the San Diego wing (Air Group One) of the Commemorative Air Force.
Texas Raiders starts its four engines for the first time in 5 years in July 2009. The Commemorative Air Force's Gulf Coast Wing encompassed the "Texas Raiders" group, who maintained and operated the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (former U.S. Navy PB-1W) named Texas Raiders, which crashed on November 12, 2022.