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The Buffalo won a competition against the Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1939 to become the US Navy’s first monoplane fighter aircraft. Designed and built…
Former Army Air Corps pilot Erik Shilling ended up creating the insignia that would forever be linked with the American Volunteer…
Of all the aircraft involved in the Battle of Britain, Hurricane OK-1 was that which made the most impact. One single aircraft.…
As Lt. Col. Tim Duffy, and Maj. Dan Nash flew south new information was being relayed from the FAA. They learned…
Where YF-16 #72-1568 begins to stand out and helped change the fighter world are the innovative advantages the jet had over…
An often forgotten aircraft that was nevertheless the pinnacle of its type. Most have heard of the Mosquito, but many forget…
The Ju-87 Stukas were the nearest thing to precision bombers the Germans had, and they were used as such right up…
Many shot-down pilots recalled that the sound of a Sandy overhead lifted their spirits in desperate situations. During the Vietnam War,…
Yamamoto’s plane was no longer in sight; dominating the horizon was a column of black smoke boiling from the dense jungle…
Commander Glenn Tierney finished his illustrious military career in 1971 having flown every Navy fighter from the Wildcat to the Tomcat. …
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