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Interview: Luftwaffe Ace Walter Krupinski / ‘Don’t trust dictators or madmen!’
Luftwaffe ace Walter Krupinski trained, led and served alongside some of the greatest fighter pilots in history. And with 197 victories, he was no slouch himself.
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These Airborne Filling Stations Give Aircraft the Fuel to Reach Around the Globe
Air-to-air refueling techniques have evolved in the past 85 years from dangling a simple hose connected to a 75 gallon-tank to positioning telescoping booms that transfer thousands of gallons of fuel.
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Showing visitors around the worn teak deck of the retired battleship USS Missouri, tour […]
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Wendover Field, Utah
When Col. Paul Tibbets flew over Wendover Field in September 1944 in search of a remote, secure place where he could train the B-29 crews he handpicked to drop the atomic bomb, he looked down from 30,000 feet and declared it “perfect.” Sixty-four years later, the desert—and Wendover—is as stark as ever. Several bizarrely glitzy high-rise casinos have arisen on the Nevada side of town in the last couple of decades, but the sense of isolation and remoteness still dominates. That isolation has a silver lining: today Wendover Field is the best-preserved bomber training base from World War II.
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Claus Von Stauffenberg
Facts, information and articles about the Claus Von Stauffenberg, the man who tried to kill Adolf Hitler.
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A Huey’s Wild Duel with a .50-cal Gunner During Tet
It seemed all South Vietnam was ablaze in the early hours of the 1968 Tet Offensive as a Huey helicopter gunship pilot performed a death-defying aerial maneuver to rescue an Australian unit ambushed and pinned down by a Viet Cong .50-caliber gunner.
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Interview: Tony Hillerman / Wild West Author
Award-winning author Tony Hillerman spoke to Wild West magazine in June 2008, a few months before his death. Here, he discusses his World War II experiences, how he became attracted to Navajo culture, and the inspiration for his popular characters.
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Did Russia Really Go It Alone? How Lend-Lease Helped the Soviets Defeat the Germans
The Soviets have long insisted that Lend-Lease aid made little difference. Newly discovered files tell another story.
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The Race to Malta
Plagued by the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica, Operation Harpoon is launched to resupply Malta during World War II. This major convoy must fight its way through Axis air and sea defenses. And the Germans and Italians are ready.