Each year the CAF holds an annual fundraiser to help support and highlight aircraft projects for planes in need of restoration, maintenance or repairs. Donors may contribute to a specific aircraft project or to the CAF’s Restoration Grant Fund.

Keep the Legendary Avenger Flying The Grumman TBM Avenger is a giant among WWII warbirds—a carrier-based torpedo bomber flown by brave crews who faced overwhelming odds, including a young Lt. George H.W. Bush. Built in 1945, the CAF’s Doris Mae continu...

Help Return the “Eyes of the Fleet” to Flight Massive, graceful, and endlessly versatile, the PBY Catalina was one of World War II’s most valuable aircraft—scouting the seas, hunting submarines, and rescuing downed airmen. The CAF Lake Superior Squadro...

Help Keep 'Em Flying One of the most impactful programs at the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is the Restoration Grant Fund, designed to help CAF units get their aircraft back in the sky faster. Thanks to this fund, over 70% of the CAF fleet is currentl...

Bring Arkansas’s WWII Trainer Back to Life Before pilots ever climbed into Mustangs or Thunderbolts, they learned to fly in the rugged Vultee BT-13 Valiant. More than 11,000 were built, and nearly every WWII Army Air Forces pilot earned his wings in on...

Help Keep the Flying Tigers’ Warhawk Flying The CAF’s P-40 Warhawk is one of the most iconic fighters of World War II—its shark-toothed grin honoring Brig. Gen. David Lee “Tex” Hill and the legendary Flying Tigers who battled Japanese forces before Ame...

Help Keep B-24 Diamond Lil Flying Built in 1941, the B-24 Liberator Diamond Lil was one of the first of more than 18,000 Liberators to roll off the assembly line at Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego. This groundbreaking bomber helped redefine long-ran...

Preserve One of the Last Flying Zeros Elegant, fast, and fearsome, the Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero was Japan’s most iconic fighter of World War II—an aircraft that once ruled the skies over the Pacific and challenged every Allied pilot who faced it. The CAF S...

Help Nella Keep the WASP Legacy Flying.Few aircraft tell a story as inspiring as “Nella,” the CAF’s AT-6 Texan dedicated to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II. From 1943 and 1944, Nella trained hundreds of these trailblazing women

Protect a Living Piece of Naval Aviation History The CAF Music City Wing’s SNJ-4 Texan once trained young Navy and Marine aviators for war. Today, she trains hearts and minds—inviting people of all ages to sit in the cockpit, hear the stories, and feel...