Arming a fighter plane with nothing more than a four-gun turret proved unique—but not brilliantly successful.
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Building a Boulton Paul Defiant Mk. I
The Boulton Paul Defiant was a curious sort of fighter. The British airplane was […]
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Danger and Death in the Air: The King of Hollywood Stunt Pilots
Stunt pilot and air racer Paul Mantz flew in more than 250 movies and once owned the world’s seventh largest air force.
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Whatever It Took: A Conversation with D-Day Veteran Henry Langrehr
“From the plane I was flying in to France I could see all the […]
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V-E Day From the Russian Perspective
As commemorations of the 75th Anniversary of V-E Day pivots to the virtual sphere, […]
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A Safe Harbor for Refugees at New York’s Fort Ontario
During World War II, displaced people from 17 different countries forged new lives in America.
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Why Did the French Air Force Fail in 1940?
Shortages of aircraft and pilots are often cited, but a lack of leadership and misunderstanding of how best to employ air power were the root causes.
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McClellan: Did He Have the ‘Slows’ or a Supply Crisis?
Though most historians call him a crybaby, documents show Washington deliberately withheld needed matériel.
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At-Home Workouts Courtesy of the U.S. Military
Feel like your free, two-week trial of Orange Theory just isn’t cutting it in quarantine? Enter U.S. military training videos. No trials, no commitment, just some serious gains.
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Schuyler Hamilton, Scion of American Heroes, Is a Civil War ‘What If’
Alexander Hamilton’s grandson was born to be a great general, but illness intervened