The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was an immensely complicated machine — this wartime poster created […]
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Flying Forts
A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the 365th Bombardment Squadron of the 305th Bombardment […]
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Why Did Lincoln and McClellan Fail to Connect?
A new book explores the two men’s complementary abilities and their deep disagreements.
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The Americans Had the B1. The Soviets Doubled Down with the Blackjack
Why did the Soviet Union have to buy back their Tupolev Tu-160s from Ukraine?
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Special Guest Star: The B-17
Some people might find that the Flying Fortresses steal the show in Masters of the Air.
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During Reconstruction Southern Planters Called on the US Army to Enforce an Old Status Quo
In a Louisiana parish, white elites sought military help to deny newly freed Blacks some of their rights.
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Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Set to Star in President Garfield Assassination Historical Drama
Macfadyen is set to play a self-castrating assassin — basically, Tom Wambsgans all over again.
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Review: Donald L. Miller’s ‘Masters of the Air’
We look back at the book behind the AppleTV+ series.
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Build the Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Zero That Became a Focus for U.S. Intelligence
Takeshi Hirano’s airplane was shot down during the Pearl Harbor attack
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Yes, Buzz Aldrin Walked on the Moon But We Asked Him About His Fighter Jock Days
Aldrin flew the F-86 Sabre and downed two MiG-15s in Korea.