The so-called Christmas Bombings in 1972 brought the North Vietnamese back to the negotiating table, but at a high cost
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Gulf War: The Corsair’s Last Hurrah
During Operation Desert Storm, launched early in the morning of January 17, 1991, the United States deployed a variety of cutting-edge military aircraft as main actors in the air stage, including the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter.
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How Freddie Laker Took On the Big Airlines and Won
To the aviation world Sir Freddie Laker was truly a legend in his own time. A tycoon of working-class origins who built up his business empire from nothing, Laker makes the entrepreneurs on “Dragons’ Den” and “Shark Tank” seem like amateurs.
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The Fearless Canadian Flier Who Led the Red Baron to His Death
“Wop” May escaped the Red Baron and went on to make celebrated mercy flights and pioneer air rescue in the frigid Canadian North during World War II.
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America’s First Practical Airliner: Tale of the Tin Goose
“I should like a thousand dollars, and I can only promise you one thing: You’ll never see the money again!”
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Forgotten Casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis
How the shootdown of a U-2 spyplane over Cuba by a Soviet surface-to-air missile nearly led to nuclear war
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“Screwball” Beurling: The Falcon of Malta
In a few short weeks he downed 27 Axis aircraft. A deeply religious, nonsmoking teetotaler who eschewed profanity and possessed little more than a grade school education, George Beurling was obsessed with flying and shooting and confessed to love to partner his passions.
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Another Italian Misadventure in the Battle of Britain
When the Italian air force pitted biplanes against Hurricanes and Spitfires in the Battle of Britain, the outcome wasn’t pretty.
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Evolution of the Air Force’s AC-130 Gunship
Based on Lockheed’s four-engine turboprop transport and weaponized by Boeing, the deadly AC-130 “aerial battleship” had humble beginnings.
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Lord of the Distances Francesco de Pinedo
On November 7, 1925, a single-engine flying boat touched down on Rome’s historic Tiber River to tumultuous acclaim. At the controls were pilot Francesco de Pinedo and mechanic/copilot Ernesto Campanelli.