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May 14, 2013 | AHP to Unveil Largest Bird Yet <Click Here>

June 16, 2012 | Coverage of the 2012 AHP Hangar Party in the Bowling Green Daily News and Glasgow Daily Times. <Click Here>

October 22, 2011 | Aviation Heritage Park welcomed a new aircraft to their outdoor memorial on Saturday, October 22, 2011 with the dedication of a Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star.  The day was a special one for Bonnie Mitchell Berman as the plane bears the name of her father, U.S. Airforce Capt. Robert E. Mitchell, who was killed in the same type of plane during a training exercise in 1962. <Read more>

June 25, 2011 | Unveiling a Star at Aviation Heritage Park’s Annual Hangar Party – Aviation supporters attend revealing of park’s Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star. Six years ago, when a small group of aviation buffs set out to create an aviation park in Bowling Green, they barely even had a plan. “Aviation Heritage Park started out as just a discussion,” said board member Jerry Bailey, “and then a big dream and then it came true.” <Read more>

September 25, 2009 | The Wall that Heals is a Moving Experience – David Daugherty stooped next to The Wall that Heals on Thursday morning, searching for a name. He found it: PFC John F. Allen, 11th Marines, killed March 19, 1969, near An Hoa. Daugherty, dressed in fatigues and holding a small American flag, pointed it out to Allen’s mother, Dorothy, and several other family members. They bent down to look together. <Read more>

August 26, 2009 | Kentucky Aviation Conference Coming to Bowling Green <Read More>

October 10, 2009 | Panther to Prowl Scottsville Road <Read More>

August 7, 2009 | Panther to join Phantom at Aviation Heritage Park – Photos from the BG Daily News <Here>

June 19, 2009 | When the War Went Away – Part II of CBS Evening News, Assignment America <CBS.com>

June 12, 2009 | Fighting in the Sky, Friends on the Ground – Part I of CBS Evening News, Assignment America <CBS.com>

April 28, 2009 | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum General Electric Aviation Lecture <Play Video>

April 27, 2009 |  Hong My Meets Lt. John Stiles – It was truly a remarkable experience to witness Hong My meeting the USAF Weapons Systems Officer Lt. John Stiles. Hong My shot down an RF-4 on January 19, 1972 with Bob Mock and John Stiles on board. <Read More>

April 19, 2009 | Vietnam War pilots become fast friends decades later (Tampa Bay Times) <More>

April 17, 2009 | Once Enemies of War, Now Friends (WKYT Lexington, CBS) <More>

April 14, 2009 | See the Nashville WTVF – News Channel 5 Coverage of Hong My’s Arrival <Here>

April 13, 2009 | Vietnam War Vets Reunite on Anniversary of Dogfight <Read More>

April 6, 2008 | Reality show befriends enemies (Thanh Nien News | Special report) They fought each other in a fierce air battle during the war. Thirty-six years later, the pilots meet again on grounds of peace and reconciliation. <More>

March 23, 2008 | An unlikely reunion: Local fighter pilot Cherry headed to Vietnam to meet man he shot down (Daily News). On April 16, 1972, Dan Cherry shot down a Soviet-built MiG-21 fighter near Hanoi. He knew the opposing pilot survived the missile strike, but knew no more about his target’s life or subsequent fate than the North Vietnamese pilot did of his. <More>

February 12, 2008 | AHP Gets $75k to Aid Takeoff – The Bowling Green Area Convention and Visitors Bureau on Monday approved using $75,000 in special tourism projects funding to help the Aviation Heritage Park get off the ground. The city and county will have to give final approval to the funding, which will be used for concrete curbing and pavers for the park. <Read more>

September 23, 2007 | Phantom Gets Rolling to Basil Griffin – In combat, Phantom 550 could travel at twice the speed of sound. But this Sunday, this McDonnell Douglas F4D Phantom II will move at a much slower pace as it makes its way to a place of honor in Aviation Heritage Park in Bowling Green, KY. <Read more>

May 26, 2006 | AHP Site Location Approved – Warren County magistrates unanimously approved on May 26, 2006, the first reading of an ordinance dedicating a location for Aviation Heritage Park at the corner of Three Springs Road and Smallhouse Road at Basil Griffin Park. <Read more>


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