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Did German Armored Aircraft Invent “Close Air Support” in World War I?
By the close of 1914, the French, British and German armies on the Western […]
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The Magnificent Seven: Korean War
Jet combat over Korea gave American WWII aces a chance to rewrite their names in the history books.
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The First Shturmovik
The Germans beat the Russians in developing a ground-attack airplane—by an entire war. During […]
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P.J. Dahl: P-38 Pilot With Nine Lives
Lightning ace P.J. Dahl survived being shot up, emergency landings, a runway crash, a […]
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Restored: Diving into the Past
Even riding in the back seat, the view from an SBD as it plummets […]
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What Made Heinemann’s Hot Rod So Sensational?
An engineer reveals how legendary Douglas designer Ed Heinemann’s attention to small details paid off big with the A-4 Skyhawk
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FILM RECON: “Hacksaw Ridge” review
SNAPSHOT: Andrew Garfield gives a powerful and moving performance as army medic Desmond Doss […]
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Time Travel: Yanks in Cambridge
KNOWN FOR ITS UNIVERSITY AND SOARING GOTHIC MASTERPIECES, Cambridge, England, has much to offer […]
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Visions from the Mind of Richard Vogt
The German engineer generated a steady stream of creative aircraft designs, but his actual […]