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Presentation: D-Day 80th Anniversary, June 08, 2024 11am
D-Day 80th Anniversary, June 08, 2024 This upcoming June 6th marks the 80th anniversary of one of the most pivotal events in military history, D-Day, the amphibious invasion of German-occupied Northwest France in June 1944. On Saturday June 8th the Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing at the Camarillo Airport will host an e [...]
Presentation: ‘Sundown to Eleven’ May 11, 2024
‘Sundown to Eleven’ Presentation, May 11, 2024 Independent filmmaker, director, and producer George Retelas was close to his grandfather. After his grandfather’s passing George found his WWII journal and its contents inspired and launched George on a journey to connect with his grandfather’s wartime comrades. On Saturday Ma [...]
Presentation: Zero First Flight – April 27, 2024 11am
First Flight / Zero Presentation, April 27, 2024 April 1st, 1939, Kagamigahara Air Base outside Nagoya, Japan, the first Mitsubishi A6M1 prototype takes to the air with test pilot Katsuzo Shima at the controls. The test flight goes well, with only a slight tendency to vibrate noted, corrected by changing from a two-bladed variable-pitch propeller t [...]
Presentation: The U2 Spy Pilot, March 16
Spy Pilot / U-2 Presentation, March 16, 2024 Thank you for coming out to see our recent presentation. The son of famed U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers presents the facts and dispels misinformation about the Cold War espionage program that turned his father into a Cold War icon, having been shot down in a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union in May 196 [...]
Presentation: Vietnam Stories with Dan Petkunas Video Replay
Video Replay: Vietnam Presentation, February 24, 2024 Over the course of his twenty-four-year military career, Lt Col Dan Petkunas has received three Distinguished Flying Crosses and eighteen Air Medals. He is a veteran F-4 Phantom Weapons Systems officer with over 200 combat missions in Vietnam. On Saturday February 24th the Commemorative A [...]
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