CAF Houston Wing

Name: CAF Houston Wing
Address: 18000 Groschke Road, Hangar B-5, Houston, TX, 77084, US
Telephone: (281)5792131
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The Houston Wing is based at West Houston Airport, in Houston, Texas, USA.

The Houston Wing is made of up over 140 volunteers who give their time and resources to keep WWII trainers flying to educate, inspire, and honor through flight and living history experiences. The CAF is the premier Warbird organization, with over 10,000 members, the CAF operates more than 164 vintage aircraft which are distributed to 80 units in 24 states for care and operation. The Wing has six C

AF aircraft assigned:

Lockheed C-60A "Lodestar"
North American AT-6 "Texan"
Consolidated-Vultee BT-13 "Valiant"
Naval Aircraft Factory N3N "Yellow Peril"
Fairchild PT-19A "Cornell"
and a major restoration project, a North American L‑17 Navion

06/01/2026

What aircraft are we in here?

Regardless of your answer, you can come see it here during our Hangar Hangout on Saturday, June 6! What better way to commemorate the anniversary of D-Day?

📸 Hellcat Bombzaway

05/30/2026

One week from today it will be time for our next Hangar Hangout, and this one includes rides in our airplanes. So visit https://www.houstonwing.org/aircraft-rides/ to book yours!

📸 Brian Kosior

05/29/2026

Our newest cadet of the month getting his earned warbird ride!

If you have a student who loves aviation, message us about our cadet program.

05/28/2026

Join us in wishing a Happy Birthday to our Lockheed C-60A Lodemaster, which was accepted by the US Army Air Forces on 28 May 1943!

We're not saying Goodtime Gal got around, but after being accepted at Burbank, CA, she was sent to, in this order:

✪ Long Beach, CA
✪ Kansas City, KS
✪ Long Beach, CA
✪ Ilion, NY
✪ New York, NY
✪ Billy Mitchel Field, NY
✪ Mobile, AL
✪ Jacksonville, FL
✪ Homestead Field, FL
✪ Cincinnati, OH
✪ Kelly Field, TX
✪ Brookley Field, Mobile, AL
✪ San Antonio Air Service Center, TX
✪ 6th Air Force, Canal Zone
✪ Homestead, FL
✪ Kelly Field, TX
✪ San Antonio, TX
✪ Mobile, AL
✪ Cincinnati, OH
..and finally to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) for surplus sale.

05/27/2026

Yesterday, you met Cadet Braden G, so today, we'd like to introduce you to his little sister. Lindsey has now joined the ranks of our cadets and is learning her way around the tug with Plane Captain Blake G!

05/26/2026

Please join us in congratulating superstar Cadet Braden G. who will be graduating A YEAR EARLY!

05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, we are honored to fly over Houston National Cemetery to pay tribute to those who gave their life serving our country.

05/23/2026

It's always nice when our members get a chance to gather at the hangar for some chow and scuttlebutt. There's a long, fun story about how scuttlebutt came to mean gossip or chit-chat. Do you know it? Would you like to?

📸 Brian Kosior

05/22/2026

Hangar Hangout days are great! We love sharing the aircraft and museum with visitors, and our last hangout on May 16 was well attended. Our next one will be June 6, the anniversary of D-Day, and it will also include a rides day with three of our aircraft, so make plans to be here!

When's the last time YOU visited?

📸 Brian Kosior

05/21/2026

Our cadets get to do some amazing things. Here, Cadet Commanding Officer Braden G was helping the maintenance team troubleshoot a landing light issue on the AT-6 during its annual.

If you have a student who loves aviation or history, message our page about the cadet program!

📸 Lisa S

Address

18000 Groschke Road, Hangar B-5
Houston, TX
77084

Telephone

(281)5792131

Website

http://houstonwing.org/

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