When, at age six, Theodore von Kármán was able to multiply six-digit numbers in […]
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Last Plane Out of Cambodia
As the Communist Khmer Rouge overran Cambodia, a former CIA pilot pulled off a desperate escape.
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FILM RECON: “The Millionaires’ Unit” review
SNAPSHOT: The Millionaires’ Unit is an engaging documentary about the First Yale Unit, a group […]
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At Pearl Harbor, the US Recovered Its First Japanese Zero — But the Mystery Only Deepened
The first chance to inspect the iconic Mitsubishi Zero revealed surprisingly few hard facts.
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One Way to Hell
Were assault gliders the worst idea of World War II? In the history of […]
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Birth of the Aircraft Carrier
In 1917 25-year-old Edwin Dunning set out to make history by landing his plane on the deck of a moving vessel
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The Man Who Would Be Ike
What if Frank Andrews had survived his 1943 air crash? The American president’s personal […]
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Triumph on Bataan
At a place that evokes loss, America forged an unlikely victory. As seen from […]
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Shooting Down a Legend
Despite its enduring fame, the Red Baron’s slow, crash-prone Fokker triplane was no great […]
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The American Rommel
Major General John Wood Showed Patton and the rest of the high command how […]