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Illustration of a KC-135A Stratotanker refueling a plane.

The Flying Gas Station: How the KC-135 Stratotanker Saved Planes When They Were in a Pinch

by Carl O. Schuster5/15/20235/16/2023

This plane became the tanker of choice during the Vietnam War.

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This Beechcraft Airliner Fell Victim to WWII Surplus Aircraft

by Robert Guttman 5/10/20234/19/2023

Photo of Staff Sergeant Maynard H. smith, of Caro, Michigan, is the first enlisted man in the European Theater of operations to be recommended for the Congressional Medal of honor. his amazing cool-headedness and bravery after a Flying Fortress raid on St. Nazaire earns him that honor. with three members of the crew baled out, Sergeant Smith managed to administer aid to the wounded tail gunner, blast at Nazis from the two waist guns, and fight fire and removing popping ammunition all at once. Sergeant smith was tail gunner and completely cut off from the pilot and co-pilot. his fire fighting and first aide action saved his ship and the lives of all aboard.

Given the Choice Between Jail or the Military, Snuffy Smith Chose the Latter and Earned the Medal of Honor

by Chuck Lyons5/3/20235/4/2023

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This Was Once a Top Secret Fighter. Now You Can See it for Yourself

by Douglas G. Adler5/3/20235/9/2023

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This P-47 Will Once Again Take to the Skies

by Stephan Wilkinson4/19/20234/18/2023

Photo of U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Samuel Galan, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief assigned to Marine Light Helicopter Attack Squadron (HMLA) 169, opens fire while conducting an interdiction mission over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 3, 2013. Galan, from Houston, Texas, is deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps

These Aircraft Have Saved Men on the Ground

by Jon Guttman3/24/20232/1/2023

Photo of Operation Linebacker was the title of a U. S. Seventh Air Force and U. S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) from 9 May to 23 October 1972, during the Vietnam War. Its purpose was to halt or slow the transportation of supplies and materials for the Nguyen Hue Offensive (known in the West as the Easter Offensive), an invasion of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), by forces of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), that had been launched on 30 March. Linebacker was the first continuous bombing effort conducted against North Vietnam since the bombing halt instituted by President Lyndon B. Johnson in November 1968.

Army and Navy Pilots Joined Together in a Day of Duels Over Vietnam

by Jon Guttman3/15/20234/14/2023

What Happened to the Two Canadian Aviators of Lancaster L7576?

by Gavin Mortimer3/14/20233/14/2023

Meet America’s Highest Scoring Living Fighter Ace

by Jon Guttman2/17/20232/22/2023

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Australia’s Home-Grown Boomerang Fighter Wasn’t Great, But It Was the Best They Could Do

by Larry Porges2/17/20232/23/2023