The death on May 10 of legendary Associated Press photographer and editor Horst Faas […]
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Hallowed Ground: Pearl Harbor
… a date which will live in infamy At 0645 on Dec. 7, 1941, […]
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America’s Last Living Triple Fighter Ace
Triple fighter ace and test pilot Bud Anderson is a legend in his own […]
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Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban: Father of the Fortress
Vauban, France’s master engineer of the 17th Century, designed nearly 100 fortress for Louis […]
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At the Leading Edge of Counterinsurgency
Mobile Advisory Teams were an unconventional approach to an unconventional war
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A World of Hurt
Long-forgotten explosives continue to wreak havoc around the globe. The farm workers had spent […]
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Aviation History Classic: Command Decision
12 O’Clock High, published in 1948 by Bernie Lay Jr. and Sy Bartlett, and Command Decision, published a year earlier by William Wister Haines, are the two great novels of the bombing campaign to come out of World War II.
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This Was the Last Gunfighting Crusader of the Air
Vought’s F-8 Crusader successfully bridged the gap between the days of close-quarters dogfighting and […]
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Aviation History Briefing- March 2012
Shturmovik Rebuilt Under the Radar Nearly unnoticed in the West, several Russian firms have […]
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Marine Chopper Salvage
The first Marine Corps transport helicopter squadron introduced new tactics in Korea—and took field […]