This is the first major change to the center’s public areas since its opening in 2003, according to museum officials.
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Radical Japanese fighter overcome by events
The Kyushu Shinden first tested its wings on Aug. 3, 1945. Two more quick test sorties, said to have been made on Aug. 6 and 9, the dates when atomic bombs exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were the last flights for the Shinden. Six days later Japan surrendered, ending the war and the need for the Shinden.
Warthog flies home to KHGR
A Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II “Warthog” is flying home Sept. 22, 2025, to Hagerstown, Maryland — the birthplace of the USAF attack aircraft — where it will become part of the collection at the Hagerstown Aviation Museum.
New Flying Tigers documentary premieres at Museum of Flight
On Sept. 13, 2025, the Museum of Flight in Seattle presents the premiere screening of a new documentary about the Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group in China during World War II.
Warbird Roundup 2025: Old, new, and evergreen
Like a popular band who know their audience’s demand for evergreen hits, the folks at Warhawk Air Museum repeat much of their successful formula each summer for Warbird Roundup at Nampa Municipal Airport (KMAN) in Idaho.
Free aviation program for teens returns to Air Force museum
The free six-week course introduces teens 14-18 to the fundamentals of flight, including time on a flight sim.
Warthog for Warhawk
Fred Johnsen, the force behind the Airailimages YouTube channel and General Aviation News Of Wings & Things columnist, recently posted a video chronicling the last flight, and arrival, of an Idaho Air National Guard (ANG) 124th Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II at the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa, Idaho.
Own a piece of a Goodyear blimp
Along with its donation to the EAA Museum of a blimp gondola, Goodyear is selling keepsake items from its Spirit of Goodyear blimp, with some of the proceeds going to the museum.
Picture of the Day: Southern Cross
Scott Piercy submitted this photo and note: “Commemorating D-Day 2025 at the Silent Wings Museum at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (KLBB) in Texas.”