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Aviation History Book Review: Fairchild C-82 Packet and C-119 Flying Boxcar

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Fairchild C-82 Packet and C-119 Flying Boxcar by Alwyn T. Lloyd, Midland Publishing, Hersham, […]

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Its development was kept under wraps for 14 years, but by 1991, the F-117 Nighthawk had become a household word.

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Capture is an occupational hazard for soldiers and escape is a POW’s duty—some even succeed with imagination and style.

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The lance corporal doesn’t recall throwing himself between a buddy and a hand grenade—but investigators confirmed his valor

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