The U.S. Marines drew on the disastrous 1915 landings at Gallipoli to write the […]
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Murder in Vietnam
What was it about the war that prompted a horrific rise in ‘fraggings’—the murders of officers and NCOs by their own men?
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Building a Better Navy Jet
Faced with an air superiority gap versus Air Force jets in the late 1940s […]
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Aleksandr Kozakov: The Tsar’s Ace
The tragic end of Aleksandr Kozakov signaled the demise of the Imperial Russian Air […]
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Marcel Albert: Ace Under Three Flags
Marcel Albert served in the air arms of his native France and Britain before […]
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Fettered Eagles: Great Aircraft That Never Made It Into Production
Great aircraft don’t always make it past the prototype stage, leaving their designers to lament what might have been.
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Writing His Mind: Ulysses S. Grant’s Memoirs Reveal a Man of Frank Opinion
The general and U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant wanted the world to know his thoughts about the Civil War and his role in the conflict.
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Red Horde Over Russia
Yakovlev aircraft have become as closely associated with World War II Soviet air power as Messerschmitts are with the Luftwaffe, Spitfires with the Royal Air Force and Zeros with the Japanese.
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Meteoric Combat Career of a Flying Tiger
“Scarsdale Jack” Newkirk blazed the way for his fellow Panda Bear pilots
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The Road Not Taken
Although many designers have tried to build a practical flying car, the idea never […]