The contributions of the Army Air Forces were vital to victory at Guadalcanal
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The Sky’s Their Canvas: The Lost Art of Skywriting
Long before the advent of social media, skywriters created ephemeral messages writ large in […]
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Wildcat Warrior
Marine Corps ace of aces Joe Foss wreaked havoc on the Japanese over Guadalcanal, becoming the first to equal Eddie Rickenbacker’s American World War I victory record.
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Myth of the Zero
Mitsubishi’s legendary A6M ran circles around opposing fighters early in World War II, but by 1945 its odds of surviving a dogfight were close to zero.
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Project Tip-Tow
The “floating wingtip” concept led to Cold War experiments that had pilots tip-towing on the verge of disaster.
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Lawrence Sperry: Genius on Autopilot
Lawrence Sperry, the maverick inventor who created the autopilot, had 23 patents to his name related to aircraft safety when he ran out of luck over the English Channel.
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FILM RECON: “Forgive–Don’t Forget” review
SNAPSHOT: “Forgive—Don’t Forget” could simply be viewed as the story of an American returning […]
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Mother Ships and Parasites
In an effort to extend the range and altitude of smaller aircraft, mother ships have been employed for a variety of missions—some successful, others disastrous.
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The River Ran Red
When wary Zulus massacred a party of unarmed Boer settlers, the Afrikaners mounted a punitive campaign into the heart of the warrior kingdom
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The Other Franco
The future Spanish dictator’s brother blazed a trail across the South Atlantic but failed […]