Control of coastal North Carolina was critical in the Civil War. The inlets and sounds behind the Outer Banks sheltered ships running the Union blockade.
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The Man Who Almost Beat the Wrights Into the Air
More than 100 years ago, Samuel Langley’s team of specialists from the Smithsonian Institution proved to a small group of astonished observers that powered flight was possible. But they still had to prove that their Aerodrome could safely carry a man into the sky.
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Arsenal | North Vietnam’s Ilyushin Il-14 Crate
A twin-engine Ilyushin Il-14 (NATO code name Crate), North Vietnam’s primary cargo and troop […]
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Great Pretenders: Nine Audacious Military Impersonators
Meet nine audacious military impersonators who demonstrated everything from monumental buffoonery to medal-worthy bravery
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The General: A Diminutive Bay Stater Became a Legend for His Pre-World War II Battlefield Trips
Fred Wilder Cross was so knowledgeable about the Civil War history of his home state of Massachusetts that a friend swore he could call the roll of many of its regiments from memory.
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SLIDESHOW: Rolling Thunder XXX: A Look Back
Rain pounded the pavement during much of the 30th anniversary Rolling Thunder run on […]
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Building Classic Foes: The F-86 Sabre and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
The North American Aviation F-86 Sabres and the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s that dueled in the […]
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Eye in the Sky: 5 Questions with James Green
As NASA’s chief scientist, James Green studies outer space, but in his downtime he […]
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Mystery Ship: September 2018
The Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser The YAL-1 Airborne Laser testbed conducted experiments that explored […]