National Warbird Operator Conference

Nestled in the Northwoods of Bemidji, Minnesota, AirCorps Aviation has transitioned from being a newcomer in the warbird industry to establishing themselves as a leader in detailed and period correct restorations of historic fighter aircraft. The team of 35 skilled and dedicated employees embraces a different style and embodies a new generation of creative gatekeepers who will be entrusted with the responsibility to keep these airplanes flying for future generations. Led by General Manager Erik Hokuf and partners Dan Matejcek, Mark Tisler, and Eric Trueblood, AirCorps has broadened its niche offerings to customers throughout the world  and built expertise in over 20 warbird types and variants.

Featured Speaker: Cory Graff

AirCorps Aviation is honored to sponsor NWOC featured speaker Cory Graff. Cory is a noted historian, author and curator at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in Seattle Washington. Over the past two decades, Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum has been acquiring and rebuilding some of the world’s rarest and most iconic aircraft. Graff will share the histories of some of the more challenging of these rebuilds, including a Messerschmitt fighter found buried on a beach, a smashed Zero abandoned at a Pacific airfield, and a Hawker Hurricane discovered in a field in Canada. Once considered lost, each was brought back to life, and once again take to the skies. We can’t wait to learn and hear his experiences.