Visit the RAF Museum London’s Colindale site to see the 24th annual RAF Photographic Competition, on display until April 28.
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Osprey Settles Into New Nest
The Air Force’s oldest Osprey (a CV-22), originally built as a preproduction aircraft for the U.S. Navy, enters retirement.
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‘Wichita Fokker’ Takes Flight
The first production Travel Air, the Model 2000, was an American classic. It was […]
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Daily Quiz for February 28, 2014
This was the first country to adopt Daylight Savings Time.
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Letter From Military History – May 2014
The eyewitness accounts and images from wars past offer insight into the the hows and whys of human conflict.
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Mark I Lewis Gun: The Allies’ Mobile Equalizer
Designed by Americans and introduced by the British, the Lewis proved the most reliable and versatile Allied light machine gun of World War I.
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Daily Quiz for February 27, 2014
At the time he died hiding from the sheriff in a North Carolina tavern, James Wilson held this office.
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Interview: Patrick Hallinan / Arlington National Cemetery
Patrick Hallinan, executive director of Arlington National Cemetery, discusses the sesquicentennial of America’s most hallowed ground and plans for its future.
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10 Weapons Fails Whose Flaws You Won’t Believe Got Past Their Designers
From exploding bats to the Great Panjandrum, here’s our rundown of some of military combat’s kookiest contraptions.
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Book Review: The Burning Shore, by Ed Offley
Ed Offley reveals the German U-boat campaign along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and its steep costs for the Allies in the early months of World War II.