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sabredriver
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Where did term WAR BIRD come from?

War ok easy and bird well aint a chick so...?

So when did it come into use?

Who started it and why?
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Good question for a Safire column.

I think "warbird" and "war bird" have been used as a synonym for "military aircraft" by the popular press since at least the 1930s, possibly WWI. Sometimes they still are.

As for when it came to stand for preserved ex-military aircraft, I wonder too. It was certainly current by the mid 1960s when Warbirds of America was formed but I don't know how long before that. I'd be interested in tracing its first DOCUMENTED use in the sense that we use it.

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