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In 1943, the Eighth Air Force’s top priority was to destroy the Luftwaffe and its factories, and their B-17s were specialist…
Flying at approximately 48mph, the Wright Flyer Type B passed over the target in approximately a tenth of a second, and…
Carswell AFB was to be the only airfield that XB-70 Valkyrie AV/2 would fly to and return before being destroyed following…
“Suddenly gray uniforms mixed with brown. I could see them hugging each other, dancing, jumping. Americans were passing out cigarettes and…
Tinker’s 565th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron completed the overhaul, modernization and restoration work of B-52 Ghost Rider in 272 calendar days. The…
The Cactus Air Force, primarily flying the rugged Wildcat fighter and the incomparable Dauntless divebomber, weathered every Japanese assault and emerged…
17 years ago, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) embarked on the longest deployment for an aircraft carrier in post-Vietnam military history. On…
Jun. 3, 1948 is widely considered as the day on which Israeli Air Force scored its first two aerial victories. But…
When, in November 1943, Hitler watched a demonstration of an Me 410 equipped with a BK 5 cannon, he enthused that…
Nowotny’s last words, though garbled, indicated that his aircraft was hit and on fire, and seconds later he crashed to his…
