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Tony Mazzolini and Doc at the Navy’s China Lake boneyard in California, as the venerable bomber is removed from the target range. Photo: Dan Wimberly/Doc’s Friends Inc.

In the skies over Oshkosh, Wis., in July of , two World War II-era B Superfortress bombers joined formation for the first time in six decades. It was an improbable tableau that many thought would never take place.

That historic formation was as much about perseverance as it was about the changing landscape of warbird restorations.

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The historical aircraft community celebrated when the then-Confederate Air Force (CAF) resurrected a B Superfortress from a Mojave Desert boneyard at the Navy’s China Lake Naval Weapons Center in California in and flew it to Texas to begin a long second career as a flying legend.

At least three other Bs made some flights in the s and s before retiring to museums, but the longevity of the CAF B, nicknamed FIFI made it the only flying Superfortress in the world.

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