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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 ...
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.
Chico Air Museum, September 2021. Sentimental Journey (44-83514) is the nickname of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber. It is based at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, Arizona, US. [3] The aircraft is regularly flown to airshows throughout North America. The nose art features Betty Grable, the number one pinup girl of the World War II era.
Texas Raiders was an American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a B-17G-95-DL built by Douglas Long Beach.In 1967, it was purchased by the Commemorative Air Force's Gulf Coast Wing "Texas Raiders" group, which maintained and flew the aircraft out of Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport in Conroe, Texas.
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.