Jimmy Doolittle’s raiders carried out some historic firsts when their B-25s dropped the first bombs on Tokyo.
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Beating the Pack to the Pole
The Fokker Trimotor Josephine Ford survived mishaps and beat fierce competition to be the first aircraft to fly over the top of the world, carrying Richard E. Byrd into history.
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Turning Points: One Sunday in December
Dawn came up golden over Pearl Harbor, just waking from tropic dreams. December 7, 1941 would be a day of deceit. A day of shock and horror. A day, for Americans, ever to be remembered.
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The Lost Legacy of Billy Mitchell
Best remembered for his court-martial, Mitchell was one of airpower’s strongest advocates.
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Britain’s Bold Strike From the Sea
On Christmas Day 1914, an audacious British air attack on a Zeppelin base in northern Germany caught the Germans with their defenses down.
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First Nonstop Continental Flight
The Army proved a point when Lieutenants Kelly and Macready flew from New York to San Diego in 1923.
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“Neither Snow nor Rain…” – America’s First Postage Stamps
The hobby that attracts more Americans with a collector’s instinct than any other […]
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Eyewitness to Tragedy: Death of USS Princeton
A tremendous explosion in Leyte Gulf on October 24, 1944, broke the American light […]
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The Luftwaffe’s Secret Squadrons
KG 200 took part in many covert missions against the Allies and became the […]
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An Ingenious Blend of Airplane and Helicopter – the Fairey Rotodyne
An ingenious blend of airplane and helicopter features, the Fairey Rotodyne was a case of almost–but not quite enough.