Operation Chastise was the codename for the Royal Air Force’s famous “Dambuster” raid against Germany’s Ruhr dams.
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For 8 Years Former Marine Capt. Austin Tice Has Been Held Hostage
On Friday, a “Freedom Clock” is being installed at the National Press Club in Washington. The […]
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How Navy Aircrews Scored the First MiG Kills Over Vietnam
A textbook intercept and missile launch by U.S. Navy F-4 Phantoms resulted in the first confirmed MiG kills of the Vietnam War.
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B-29 Crash Site Now a Memorial Along Popular Hiking Trail
On November 3, 1948, “Over Exposed,” a converted B-29 Superfortress crashed in the Peak […]
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Book Review: The Whites Want Every Thing / Indian-Mormon Relations, 1847–1877
Will Bagley assesses the last of the frontier Indian clashes fought between the Mormon arrival in 1847 and Brigham Young’s 1877 death.
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Aviation History Book Review: Sherman Lead
As an aviator who flew the F-4D Phantom II with “Satan’s Angels” of the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron while stationed at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base in 1968-69, Gaillard Peck knows that air combat is both taxing and adrenaline-inducing.
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Book Review: Normandy ’44
James Holland outlines the complexities of the 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, history’s largest amphibious operation
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Building a MiG-Killer F-4B Phantom II
By adding a few aftermarket extras to Haesgawa’s F-4B Phantom II, a ”phan” can proudly add the Navy’s first MiG killer of the Vietnam war to their display shelf.
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World War II-Era Warbirds Arrive in Hawaii for 75th Commemoration of Japanese Surrender
After making their journey from San Diego aboard the USS Essex, 14 vintage World […]