CAF-CENTEX- Offers Vintage B-25 Bomber Flights

Experience the thrill and excitement of a flight on "The Yellow Rose." The Commemorative Air Force - Central Texas Air Wing vintage B-25 Mitchell Bomber! 

Now everyone can enjoy the excitement, the history,  the memories of flying in a legend.

Soar above the Central Texas landscape while friends and family enjoy themselves in our museum and observation library.

Our B-25 Bomber - A True American Hero

Group flights (4 passenger minimum) make the perfect gift, or "employee incentive award." Lucky recipients get to share the excitement of the experience with as many of their guests as they wish to invite to our facility at the conveniently located San Marcos Municipal Airport.

Guests can watch the flight, enjoy our multi-media hanger displays, museum, library and our "officers club" and observation area.

Deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, 1942

Deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, 1942

The B-25 first gained fame as the bomber used in the 18 April 1942 Doolittle Raid, in which 16 B-25Bs led by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle attacked mainland Japan, four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (he received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery.) The mission gave a much-needed lift in spirits to the Americans, and alarmed the Japanese who had believed their home islands were inviolable by enemy forces.

The Story of Our "Yellow Rose"

The North American B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. It was used by many Allied air forces, in every theater of World War II, as well as many other air forces after the war ended, and saw service across four decades.

B-25 - Top Side and Front Views

The B-25 bomber's story has been immortalized in many famous films.

Below are selected scenes from The 2001 movie "Pearl Harbor." The film contains a vivid depiction of the B-25, Doolittle Raid on Japan (1942).

View Doolittle's Raid Training Preparations. Alec Baldwin plays Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle. (9 minutes)

View of Doolittle's Raid -from carrier take-off to bombing run over Japan. Ben Affleck plays one of the pilots. (9 minutes)

View of Doolittle Raid- B-25s landing in China after raid. (9 minutes)

Documentary of filming the movie "Pearl Harbor." The Doolittle's Raid. portion was shot on an actual aircraft carrier with vintage B-25s. (9 minutes)

Actual video tour on board the "Yellow Rose" in flight. (7 minutes)