Whether hidden in coffins or hollowed-out watermelons, contraband whiskey regularly found its way into […]
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Japan Bombs the West Coast
A floatplane launched from an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine dropped its bombs in September […]
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Pioneering Air-Sea Engagement
Didier Masson’s 1913 attack on a Federalist gunboat at the behest of Mexican rebels was one of the earliest airstrikes carried out against a naval vessel.
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Beating the Pack to the Pole
The Fokker Trimotor Josephine Ford survived mishaps and beat fierce competition to be the first aircraft to fly over the top of the world, carrying Richard E. Byrd into history.
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Red Stars Over Berlin
Soviet bombers raided the capital of Germany in mid-1941 but caused little damage—and left little warning of the terrible retribution to come later.
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Light the Fuse and Go! – Conversation With A Test Pilot
“Pete” Everest became the fastest man alive when he flew the X-2 to a […]
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Operation Vittles: Saving Berlin from the air
In a “cold” post-WWII Germany, the new U.S. Air Force’s massive airlift into Berlin showed the Soviets that a blockade would not work.
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Defining The Jet
The Cold War accelerated jet aircraft development without a shot being fired in the 1940s.
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The Cactus Air Force: A Thorn in Japan’s Side
A small group of die-hard aviators fended off Japanese invaders at Guadalcanal, code-named ‘Cactus.’