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Presentation July 11th 2026 – American MiG Pilot
American MiG Pilot: Inside the Top Secret USAF “Red Eagles” MiG Squadron by Lt. Col. (Ret.) Rob "Z-Man" Zettel is a book detailing his experiences flying Soviet MiG-21 and MiG-23 fighters in the USAF's secret "Constant Peg" program during the Cold War. On Saturday July 11th the Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing at the Camarillo Airpo [...]
Presentation May 30th 2026 – F-35B Test & Operations
On Saturday, May 30th, the Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing at the Camarillo Airport hosted Royal Navy pilots Commander Stephen ‘Lothar’ Collins, Officer Commanding the 17th Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES) at Edwards Air Force Base, and Lieutenant Commander Mark ‘Hux’ Huxtable, 17 TES Test Pilot. Lothar and Hux shared stories of [...]
Presentation Feb 28th 2026 – “Spitfires”
They were crop dusters and debutantes, college girls and performers in flying circuses - all of them trained as pilots. Because they were women, they were denied the opportunity to fly for their country when the United States entered the WWII. But Great Britain, desperately fighting for survival, would let anyone - even Americans, even women-transp [...]
WWII Documentary Sundown to Eleven Now Streaming
WWII Documentary Sundown to Eleven Now Streaming Free on YouTube Sundown to Eleven, the new documentary from director George Retelas, is now streaming free on YouTube. The film stars Richard “Dick” Miralles, the last surviving member of the U.S. Navy’s Air Group 11, who passed away on November 13, 2025, at age 101. Its [...]
Presentation Jan 24th 2026 – Crosby’s Curse
Set in the Southwest Pacific in WWII, they were young boys, flying untested B-24 Liberators into battle off dirt runways after a few short weeks of training against a tenacious enemy. Nothing in their training prepared them for what they would face in the skies over New Guinea. On Saturday January 24th the Commemorative Air Force Southern Californi [...]
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