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Welcome to The Warbirds Wiki!

The Warbirds Wiki is a site dedicated to providing information about historic aircraft commonly known as 'Warbirds' such as where these aircraft served, what was their fate, and where they are now. Our goal is to let people around the world discover for themselves the stories of some of the world's greatest aircraft. For more information on us, refer to About page. Feel free to help us expand our information, but please try to read our editing policies and guidelines first. These can be found at the top of the wiki Navigation Bar. Thank You

What is a 'Warbird' and why are they important?

The term 'Warbird' typically refers to vintage military aircraft that have since been retired from active roles in their country of origin. Typically, these aircraft include those from World War I, the Inter-War Years, World War II, the Korean War, and up to the late 1950s. These aircraft are oftentimes the only pieces left of an era long past and are critical to our understanding of the past. That is why it is so important to preserve them before they fade into history.

Portals

These links are called portals, they lead to the wiki centers for each type of information.

World War I Portal	The Inter-War Portal		Korea 1950 Portal	The Cold War Portal
For all users interested in aircraft from World War I	For all users interested in aircraft from The Inter-War	For all users interested in aircraft from World War II	For all users interested in aircraft from Korea 1950	For all users interested in aircraft from the Cold War

Helping Out

To write a new article, just enter the article title in the box below.

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Not sure where to start?

Find out more about the wiki on the About page.
If you are new to wikis, check out the tutorial.
Check out Help:Starting this wiki if you're setting up the wiki.

Adding content

Every wiki has two list of articles that need help called "Stubs" and "Wanted Articles". Don't be shy, get in there.
Uploading images is another really easy way to help out - see the Special:Upload page!
You can find a list of useful templates on Category:Templates, some of which are documented on the templates project page.

Popular Categories!

(for all categories, see Categories)

Warbirds

Survivors | Destroyed Aircraft

Manufacturers

Consolidated Aircraft | Boeing Aircraft
North American Aviation | Douglas Aircraft
Messerschmitt | Republic Aviation
Nakajima

Type

Fighter aircraft | Bomber aircraft | Recon Aircraft | Transport Aircraft

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