A former Topgun instructor describes a typical combat training mission during his time at the Navy Fighter Weapons School.
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Tet in the News
In their coverage of the 1968 Tet Offensive, did journalists distort the truth rather than tell it? Look at what they said and wrote
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The CIA’s Costly Mistake
In November 1967, Joe Hovey tried to warn the Johnson administration about the Tet […]
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Personality: Nurse Eunice Splawn
Soldiers with M-16s welcomed Air Force Captain Eunice Splawn to the airfield outside the […]
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Arsenal: F-111
During the 1950s, the United States developed the most technically advanced military aircraft the […]
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A 10-year-old American child in 1963 Saigon
An angry mob blocked access to our street, so our school bus driver let […]
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The C-130B Hercules: The “Heavy-Lift” Workhorse
The C-130 can claim to be the best medium-lift cargo aircraft developed so far, surpassing even the Douglas DC-3/C-47’s 60-year service span.
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Daily Quiz for December 12, 2018
Daniel Ellsburg, who leaked of the Pentagon Papers, served in this branch of the US military.
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Critical Care
From the battlefield to the flight home, medical teams saved life and limb with quick responses
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A Hawk Among Hawks
Walt Rostow advised JFK to consider waging nuclear war in Southeast Asia. “There ’s […]