WW2 Reenacting in the Mid-South

09/01/2026

Military vehicles are needed for display at Plano Flags of Honor November 7th and 14th in Plano, Texas. 3rd Infantry 7th Regiment Living History Group TX will be there.

08/26/2026

Happening now in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the Arkansas Air and Military Museum.

08/26/2026

RIP Dolly

Nose art on American military aircraft mostly died out after the Second World War. Betty Grable on the nose of a bomber, the pin-ups on B-17s and B-24s. It never disappeared entirely, but it stopped being ordinary.

On September 8, 2004, the 134th Air Refueling Wing brought it back for one airplane.

At McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Knoxville, they unveiled nose art on a KC-135 Stratotanker: Dolly Parton in stars and stripes against an American flag, with "For God and Country" beneath her, the title of the patriotic album she had released the previous Veterans Day. They named the aircraft Miss Dolly.

She was there. She signed the artwork, wore a matching red, white and blue outfit, and sang for the airmen and their families. She said afterward that she felt like those girls in World War Two. She had put her name on just about everything by then, she said, but never anything this fun or this big.

The 134th is Knoxville's own wing. Their tankers sit at the airport closest to the mountains where she grew up.

Yesterday, the day she died, one of their KC-135s flew a long mission and came home. Its radio callsign was DOLLY91.

The 134th's normal callsign is SODA. It has been for years.

08/25/2026

AIRBORNE!

08/19/2026

Starting next Wednesday, August 26-30, at Fayetteville, Arkansas.

We are so close to AirPower History Tour! We will be open 9 am to 5 pm, August 26-30! Admission prices include touring the inside of the visiting aircraft as well as exploring the museum grounds.

If you are interested in purchasing a ride on one of these beauties, you can go directly to https://www.airpowersquadron.org/ride-experiences.

08/17/2026

Some photos from D-Day Conneaut.