To Israel, it was a technical marvel. To Iran, it was the means to dominate the Persian Gulf. The F-4 Phantom’s introduction to the region in 1969 had a dramatic impact.
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Interview: Evgeny Stepanov / WWII Russian Pilot
In the years before World War II, Russia’s Evgeny Stepanov flew against the Germans over Spain and fought the Japanese over Khalkin Gol.
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When Britain’s Harriers Ruled the Falklands Skies
The road to wedding helicopter ascents with fixed-wing speed was paved with bizarre flying contraptions.
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Five TBM Avenger Bombers Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
A re-examination of the probable fate of five TBM Avengers that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle during a routine training mission.
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Captain John Miller: Test Pilot of the Autogiro and the Grumman J2F Duck
Captain John Miller had what it took to fly the weird ones — the autogiro and the Grumman J2F Duck.
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Richard Halliburton and Moye Stephens: Traveling Around the World in the ‘Flying Carpet’
When Richard Halliburton needed a new kind of travel adventure to write about, Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight inspired him to fly to the far corners of the world. But he would do so with a latter-day ‘Flying Carpet.’
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They Flew for Franco: German Condor Legion’s Tactical Air Power
During the Spanish Civil War, a group of German pilots that became known as the Condor Legion honed their hunting skills in Spain’s skies.
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Air War Over Iraq: 1941
In May 1941, British forces were fighting to keep Iraq in Allied hands—a struggle that belatedly involved German and Italian aircraft as well.
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Picture of the Day: March 7
Osa and Martin Johnson In the 1930s, Kansas husband-and-wife team Osa and Martin Johnson […]
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St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line: World’s First Scheduled Airline Using Winged Aircraft
Scheduled service on the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line in the winter of 1914 treated a passenger or two to a wooden seat, fresh Florida air–and salt spray in the face.