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Aviation History Briefing- January 2009
The Airmail Flies Again Ninety years ago, in May 1918, the U.S. Post […]
Lloyd Stearman’s Sturdy Biplanes Trained Generations of Aviators
Lloyd Stearman’s sturdy airplanes earned a worldwide reputation for performance and reliability during aviation’s Golden Age.
The Newly Formed California Rangers Had a Mission: Get Murrieta
They did deliver a head, but was it the right one? When gold was […]
Custer’s Ghostherders
Battlefield archaeologists digging at the Little Bighorn have reawakened haunting memories and revived some of the bitter controversies connected with the Last Stand.
Outkilling the Enemy
Called ‘Demon’ by the Japanese and ‘Iron Ass’ by his own men, Gen. Curtis LeMay made no apologies for conducting an all-out air war.
Devil’s Bargain: Germany and Russia Before WWII
How Germany conspired with Russia to build a cutting-edge army and air force—long before […]
Peltasts: The Other Greek Warriors
On ancient battlefields formerly dominated by heavily armed, well-protected hoplites, a once scorned class […]
Taking a King’s Crown
Parliament’s modern army faces off against the Royalists at Naseby in 1645. The English […]
Vietnam: The Last Great Picture War
The Vietnam War was photographed like no war before it or since, and its […]