2026
- Wichita Group Works to Honor Forgotten WW1 Medal of Honor Aviator
2026-03-23 – KWCH, Wichita, KS
2025
- WW1 History Comes Back To Life
2025-09-22 – KAKE, Wichita, KS - Photos from Kentucky National Guard Aviation Celebrates Former Pilot
2025-08-26 – Kentucky National Guard Aviation - Kentucky Edition, Season 4 Episode 37
2025-08-19 – The Kentucky National Guard recently honored Capt. Bee Osborne’s place in aviation history. – By PBS (scroll to 17:50) - Soaring legacy: Kentucky’s first Army pilot commemorated
2025-08-16 – The Kentucky Army National Guard hosted a ceremony honoring Kentucky’s first Army pilot, Capt. Bee Osborne. – By Julia Narvraez Munguia, Spectrum News 1 - Kentucky National Guard Aviation Celebrates Pioneer Pilot and 110th Anniversary
2025-08-16 – Kentucky National Guard Military News Article - A Wichita Hero’s WW1 Legacy
2025-02-28 – Wichita’s Pachyderm Club
2024
- Wichita Sculptor “Babs” Mellor
2024-10-04 – KPTS - Positively Kansas #1302 PROMO – Preview- Season 13 Episode 2
2024-05-10 -PBS Kansas- “Kansas history is preserved in the sculptures of a Wichita artist” (Babs Mellor leading team of sculptors to craft Bleckley statue)
2023
- The KMUW News stories that shaped 2023
2023-12-22 – KMUW-FM (NPR) - Erwin Bleckley, Wichita’s forgotten hero of the Lost Battalion
2023-11-12 – Wichita Eagle - Positively Kansas 1107 – Season 11 Episode 7
2023-11-02 – PBS (video & transcript)- “One of the state’s greatest heroes receives new recognition.”
- Positively Kansas Episode 1203 – Season 12 Episode 3
2023-10-09 – PBS Kansas (video & transcript)- (Final segment of program “…the Bleckley plane…”)
- Bleckley Foundation works to honor the story of Wichita’s greatest military hero.
2023-10-04 – Newton Kansan - Bleckley Foundation works to honor the story of Wichita’s greatest military hero
2023-09-29 – KMUW-FM (NPR) - Moving time for the Bleckley plane
2023-09-16 – BAMF / Doughboy Foundation - Historic plane moves to Old Town for restoration
– Kansas State Network (TV) (VIDEO)
…also at:- WATCH: WW1-era plane has new home in Wichita
2023-08-03 – KWCH-TV
- WATCH: WW1-era plane has new home in Wichita
- Bleckley Foundation presentation
2023-03-28 – Rotary Club of West Wichita - Erwin Bleckley remembered with Medal of Honor Centennial
2023-03-05/06 – Kansas State Network (TV)- …also at:
- Erwin Bleckley remembered with Medal of Honor Centennial
– Kansas State Network (TV) on YouTube
2022
- Wichita event highlights programs and services for veterans.
2022-08-05 – KFDI-FM
(This year’s theme: Honoring Erwin Bleckley)- …same topic at:
- 6th Annual Veterans Awareness Expo…
2022-08-06/08 – Kansas State Network (TV)
- World War I-era aircraft undergoing restoration in Wichita
2022-01-20 – Kansas State Network (TV) (PHOTOS & TEXT)
2021
- The Bleckley Medal of Honor plane arrives in Wichita
for Wichita WWI Medal of Honor hero
2021-05-28 / 2021-06-01 – Kansas State Network (TV) - Local WWI hero will get historical aircraft tribute in Wichita
2021-05-27 – Wichita Eagle - Remembering 2nd Lt Bleckley
2021-05-14 – BAMF at Wichita Pachyderm Club on YouTube
(video & transcript) - Positively Kansas 806 – Season 8 Episode 6
2021-03-26 – KPTS-TV (PBS)- “He may have been the greatest war hero Wichita ever produced… now, a century after his death, see why Erwin Bleckley’s fame is soaring to new heights.” …also at:
- Positively Kansas 806 – Season 8 Episode 6
– PBS
- Erwin Bleckley on PBS
2021-03-25 – BAMF/PBS on YouTube (video & transcript)
(BAMF director Greg Zuercher, SSgt USA/USAF (ret’d), talks with PBS) - The Bleckley Airport Memorial Foundation – And a great story
2021-01-19 – BAMF / Newton Rotary Club
2020
- Effort to restore historic plane, honor Wichita war hero
earns $1200 Helping Hand
2020-09-02 – KWCH-TV - 2020 — Flying tribute planned
for Wichita WWI Medal of Honor hero
2020-08-09 – Kansas State Network (TV) & World War I Centennial2020-07-17 – KAKE-TV - Group raising funds to honor WWI Medal of Honor recipient
2020-07-17 – KWCH-TV - Lt Erwin Bleckley Memorial
– Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport
2020-06-16 – BAMF Presentation
to Wichita Airport Authority – City of Wichita
(slide show in PDF format) - Wichita Group Seeks To Honor World War I Medal Of Honor Winner Erwin Bleckley 2020-06-16 – KMUW-FM (NPR)