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How 9th Cavalry Hueys Saved a Downed Crew at An Loc
The crew of an Air Force C-130 transport plane had a narrow escape after they crashed near An Loc.
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A C-47 Crashed in Germany in 1945—Now Locals Have Erected a Memorial
German citizens remembered an American airplane that went down in the Northern Black Forest
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How the Navy’s Fast Carrier Task Force Swept the Pacific
Led by such American naval icons as Nimitz, Spruance and Halsey, innovative fast carrier task groups proved decisive in the Pacific War.
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They Bought a WWII-Era Lancaster Bomber to Honor Their Brother — and Now They Want It to Fly Again
A British museum gives its prize Lancaster a new lease on life.
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Life Inside a Japanese Prison Camp, in the Words of an American POW
Captured in the Philippines, Hector Polla survived the Bataan Death March to document the daily indignities of Cabanatuan.
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How Nixon’s Operation Linebacker Countered North Vietnam’s All-Out Bid to Conquer the South
Nixon believed the bombing campaign might draw Hanoi into a peace agreement.
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Mystery Ship: Can You Identify This Sleek, Yet Awkward-looking Giant?
It had three engines, two booms, three rudders, two horizontal stabilizers and six wheels, but the LWF Owl was less than the sum of its parts.
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The Douglas XB-19 Was the Biggest Bomber in the World — and a Big Failure
Operated by a crew of up to 18, the XB-19 was so large that its massive fuselage contained two decks and it had tunnels within the wings so the flight engineer could attend to the engines in flight.
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Why Did North Korea Shoot Down a U.S. Recon Plane in 1969?
The MiG-21 attacked an unarmed Lockheed EC-121M over international waters. All 31 on board perished, the largest single loss of U.S. aircrewmen during the Cold War.