‘To military aircraft pilot’s, “speed is life”. To submariners today, “stealth is life”,’ Dave Corley, former US Navy Submarine officer.… Read More
When Manfred von Richthofen flying an Albatros DII found a British F.E. 2b at the tail end of the British… Read More
Manfred von Richthofen, the famed Red Baron, first flew the Fokker Dr. I on Sep. 1, 1917 and shot down… Read More
Training deaths (380) almost equaled combat deaths (420) for the Sopwith Camel. The most iconic of the Sopwith fighters—the Camel—appeared… Read More
These missions clearly illustrated the possibilities offered by transport aeroplanes. From 1912 to 1927, the territory which became modern Libya… Read More
In 1912 Katherine Stinson became one of the first women in the United States to receive a pilot’s license at… Read More
This salute exchange tradition has continued from the Lafayette Escadrille, across services and nations through World War I, World War… Read More
Bruce Dickinson formed a close alliance with the service in 2008, when he took the controls of an MoD-chartered 747… Read More
"Suddenly gray uniforms mixed with brown. I could see them hugging each other, dancing, jumping. Americans were passing out cigarettes… Read More
Thanks to his machine gun system, by Apr. 18, 1915 Garros had three kills under his belt. At this time,… Read More
The main missions performed by the Skyraider during the Vietnam Conflict had been CAS to ground forces and protection to… Read More
The Patrouille de France is the oldest formal flying aerobatic team having originated in 1931, 15 years before the Blue… Read More
