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2022

CONTENTS


MARCH

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The ATA "Spitfire Sisters"
"WASP" of World War II
Fairchild 24 C8B - One of a Kind


JANUARY

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Tragic Crash of an Lockheed A-12
A New Blackbird?
Air America CIA Pilot Visits Museum


2021

CONTENTS


JANUARY

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New Diorama For Early Aviation Hangar
Bellanca’s & Lindbergh
Aerial Reconnaissance Article
The Museum’s Reconnaissance Inventory


FEBRUARY

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Alabama Happenings
Tuskegee Airmen Quarter and Making AWI Happen
Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame
Double Victory


MARCH

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USS Enterprise Model by Norm Ponder
Restoration of the Tuskegee B-25 and Skymaster Repaint
Chico, The Gunfighter—The Legacy of the Vietnam Mission
Women in Aviation—”The Originals” Visit The Museum
Future Aircraft—Drones


April

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Remebering Alabama's CIA Heroes
Hall of Fame Honoree - Joseph Lewis Shannon
Bay of Pigs - The Aftermath


May

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Alabama in World War II
Alabama USAAF Airfields
Hall of Fame Member - David S. McCampbell


June

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Vietnam Icon - UH-1 "Huey"
Museum's Icon - A-12 "Cygnus"
Historic Air Show Recap
Future Attack Helicopters


July

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Korea - The Forgotten War
Our Beech Starship
The Laister - Kaufman TG-4A
Glider Training In Mobile, Al


August

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General Asa North Duncan
Birth of the 8th Air Force
Birmingham's Naval Air Station


September

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The Flying Chainsaw
Why A Skills Shortage
Meet The "Raiders"
The "Corsair II"
AwI - Our New Mission


October

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Alabama Remembers James Meissner
Current happenings - Banks Jet & B-25
Events - Opera Birmingham At the Museum
Rosie, the Riveter Founder Passes
The "Iceberg" Aircraft Carrier


November

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USS Birmingham - The First "Aircraft Carrier"
Veterans Day - 2021
Tomorrow's Carrier Aviation
New Exhibit Seating In Hangars


December

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Birmingham's 150th Anniversary
Wright Brothers Day
The Third USS Birmingham
AYear of Transformation
The Watch That Came In From The Cold


2020

CONTENTS


JANUARY

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Hunter-Killer “Pink” Teams
Planes of Vietnam on Display
On Display in the Shadow Gallery
Vietnam War Memorial


FEBUARY

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The Tuskegee Airmen Diorama at SMF
Alabama Roster of Tuskegee Pilots
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Top Guns from Tuskegee


MARCH

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Ruth Elder, Miss America of Aviation
Women In Aviation
Soviet “Night Witches”
The “Ninety Nines” at the SMF
Women Flyers in the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame


APRIL

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Bay of Pigs - Invasion of Cuba
75th World War II Anniversary
Museum Volunteers Involvements & Accomplishments


MAY

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The Lake Murray B-25
Theories and Speculation on the B-25 Ditching
2020 Events Honoring World War II Heroes


JUNE

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The Triple Jet Ace of Korea
The L-39C Aero
A Visit to Paris, TN - Aircraft Surplus
Highlighting Dr. Ed Stevenson
Remember the Forgotten War


JULY

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Restoring the F-86L “Sabre Dog”
Beginning Restoration of the Fairchild 24 C8B
A “Mosquito” in the Korean War - the T-6
From Historical Perspectives to Diorama Realities


AUGUST

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World War II Tribute
Rosie, the Riveter Icon
National Aviation Day
Cumulus 2F Glider
Arsenal of Democracy Parade


SEPTEMBER

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