History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » Aerial Combat http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sun, 26 May 2013 03:28:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Diversion http://www.historynet.com/diversion.htm http://www.historynet.com/diversion.htm#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 20:08:08 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688382 It's a familiar figure of speech: "What if they gave a war, and no one came?"

I am old enough to recognize this slogan. I was born in 1958, the youngest of five, with my older siblings in college. I …

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To see past Weapons Manuals by Max Gadney, click here.

This infographic originally appeared in the January/February issue of World War II magazine.

 

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The April 1943 mission to intercept and kill Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, architect of the Pearl Harbor attack, set a military precedent. Do you think it is acceptable to specifically target military leaders like Yamamoto for …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/is-it-acceptable-to-specifically-target-military-leaders-for-assassination.htm/feed 2 Death by P-38 http://www.historynet.com/death-by-p-38.htm http://www.historynet.com/death-by-p-38.htm#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:25:28 +0000 mbartels http://www.historynet.com/?p=13687922 http://www.historynet.com/death-by-p-38.htm/feed 1 Return of the Avenger http://www.historynet.com/return-of-the-avenger.htm http://www.historynet.com/return-of-the-avenger.htm#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:12:36 +0000 mbartels http://www.historynet.com/?p=13687928 http://www.historynet.com/return-of-the-avenger.htm/feed 1 Table of Contents - March 2013 Aviation History http://www.historynet.com/table-of-contents-march-2013-aviation-history.htm http://www.historynet.com/table-of-contents-march-2013-aviation-history.htm#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:14:39 +0000 smauro http://www.historynet.com/?p=13687625 http://www.historynet.com/table-of-contents-march-2013-aviation-history.htm/feed 0 F3F Biplane Barrels Back http://www.historynet.com/f3f-biplane-barrels-back.htm http://www.historynet.com/f3f-biplane-barrels-back.htm#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:59:01 +0000 smauro http://www.historynet.com/?p=13687616
Chris Prevost's newly refurbished F3F-2, formerly displayed at the Lone Star Flight Museum, bears the colorful markings of VMF-2 (Kyle Dykes).

Christ Prevost of the Vintage Airplane Company has just returned to the air the F3F-2 you see here, which …

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