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Adolf Galland: The Luftwaffe’s Fighter General

by Barrett Tillman9/21/20187/18/2022

Legendary German fighter ace Adolf Galland fought Allied pilots in the air and inept Nazi leaders on the ground.

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There’s a lot of model packed into Revell of Germany’s 1/72nd-scale kit of the […]

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Building your own “Sturmvogel”

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Tamiya’s 1/48th-scale Messerschmitt Me-262A-2a fighter-bomber is the “Mercedes-Benz” kit of WWII’s first operational combat […]

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Mach 3 Man Who Test Flew the SR-71 Blackbird

by Warren Thompson9/7/201810/25/2022

Lockheed’s chief test pilot for the SR-71 Blackbird overcame numerous inflight emergencies during his career and never failed to bring an airplane back to earth.

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The Ace: Chuck Yeager

by Chuck Yeager8/21/201810/14/2019

Legendary pilot Chuck Yeager flew numerous combat missions during World War II. Here are some of his stories

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During the early stages of World War II, the Civil Air Patrol played a […]

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Frederick Libby became America’s first ace while flying as an observer-gunner in a spindly British pusher-propelled biplane.

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The Antonov State Company outdid itself at thinking big with the An-225 Mriya, the […]

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The Fairchild XC-120 “Pack plane” featured an intriguing modular transport design that never achieved […]

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Vietnam Book Review: Green Hornet

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Green Hornets: The History of the U.S. Air Force 20th Special Operations Squadron by […]

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