The DFW wing of the Commemorative Air Force ( CAF ) continues to make progress with their static display Mil Mi-24D in "front" o...

The DFW wing of the Commemorative Air Force ( CAF ) has moved their static display Mil Mi-24D to the display pad in "front" of t...

We've run a series of stories before about the Gate Guardian project here at Lancaster. This airframe, Bord 122,  became available for ...

Previous posts about the Mi-24, " Gate Guardian " have shown it outside, next to the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), DFW wing han...

How do you get an Mi-24 from eastern Europe to Texas? Answer: you take it apart, put in a box and ship it. This picture shows the relat...

Bord 122, the Mi-24 that was damaged in transit, is being restored as a static display and is the subject of the " Gate Guardian ...

Museum aircraft selection involved visits to a number of different bases. In many cases, we were able to pre -screen aircraft that we wanted...

In Texas, there is an old saying, "If you don't like the weather, just wait and it will change." While I suspect that many oth...

The trucking accident that changed Mi-24 Bord 122 from a flyable helicopter into a static display, laid the transmission and rotor head dow...

Cold War Air Museum Commemorative Air Force Joint Metal Repair Team The Mi-24 static display at the CAF museum continues to "come to l...

The ongoing restoration of the Mi-24 "Gate Guardian" continues with work to clear the upper decks so blades can be reinstalled. L...

From some angles, the CAF Mi-24 display, already looks good. But a lot of work is still going on under the skin. Upper compartments are bei...

Last week we removed the broken transmission from the "Gate Guardian" , Mi-24 , Bord 122. In order for it to become a proper disp...