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Living Legend: WWII Fighter Pilot Gets Honorary Promotion

by Jonathan Lehrfeld12/5/202212/5/2022

Retired Col. Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson’s military career continued well after World War II.

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Kharkiv Is No Stranger To Invasion—The Nazis Fought Four Battles Over It

by Chris McNab11/22/20223/22/2023

Ukraine’s second-largest city today was one of the most hotly-contested objectives on World War II’s Eastern Front.

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De Gaulle’s Close Call: How France’s Ugliest Car Saved Its President

by Ron Soodalter11/18/202211/7/2022

Were these the most inept would-be assassins in history?

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Building Mike Rogers’ “Beantown Banshee”

by Dick Smith11/14/202212/13/2022

Here’s how to make this classic P-51 kit look great.

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The Sinking of the HMS Glorious Was One Of England’s Worst Naval Disasters. Why Is It Still A Mystery?

by Wendell Jamieson11/9/202211/9/2022

Questions linger over what really happened when two German battle cruisers sank the British carrier HMS Glorious and its escorts in 1940.

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Kamov Ka-52 Alligator: Russian Attack Helicopter is Lighter, Quieter—But Not Invincible

by Jon Guttman11/9/20224/27/2024

At $13.7 million each, Russia’s deployment of the Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter has proven costly in more ways than one.

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Were the Brazilians the Most Underrated Fighting Force in WWII?

by Jerome Long11/9/202210/6/2022

Were these “Smoking Snakes” the Allies’ best secret weapon?

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Why Did Billy Wilder Call ‘The Spirit of St. Louis’ His Worst Movie?

by Tom Huntington10/21/202210/21/2022

Rarely seen images show what went on behind the scenes of the 1957 film about Charles Lindbergh.

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Does the Cutlass Deserve Its Bad Reputation?

by Robert Bernier10/19/202210/19/2022

The good thing about it? Well, it could fly …

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An Airplane for China 

by Tom Huntington10/19/202210/19/2022

On April 3, 1939, famed aviator Roscoe Turner flew a red Porterfield 35-W monoplane […]

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