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Aviation History
The so-called Christmas Bombings in 1972 brought the North Vietnamese back to the negotiating table, but at a high cost...
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Aviation History Magazine
Despite what we’ve been told, this famous photograph doesn’t show the first powered, controlled flight. Probably everyone in the developed world has seen the iconic picture of the first takeoff by the Wrights on December 17, 1903. The...
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Aviation History
Few, if any, individuals are as well-known in the annals of aviation history as Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager....
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Aviation History Magazine
How the shootdown of a U-2 spyplane over Cuba by a Soviet surface-to-air missile nearly led to nuclear war...
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Aviation History
Confusion reigned 75 years ago when Japan announced its surrender but pilots on both sides kept fighting....
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Aviation History Magazine
These 10 aviation tales prove that sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction....
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Aviation History Magazine
The never-built Horten Ho-229 has been the subject of more speculation and myths than any other World War II airplane...
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Aviation History Magazine
A forced landing on Greenland’s ice cap set in motion one of the most extensive—and costly—search-and-rescue operations ever mounted. It was called the Snowball Route—officially the North Atlantic Ferry Route—from Goose Bay,...
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Aviation History
As an aviator who flew the F-4D Phantom II with “Satan’s Angels” of the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron while stationed at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base in 1968-69, Gaillard Peck knows that air combat is both taxing and...
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Aviation History Magazine
A veteran of the B-24 raid on Ploesti tells the real story behind the costly mission. The events in the skies over the Mediterranean and southern Europe on August 1, 1943, have long been a historical bone of contention. On that fateful day...
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Aviation History
A C-47 pilot gives his son a firsthand look at the dangerous missions he flew in flak-filled skies on D-Day and beyond....
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Aviation History Magazine
Before he gained a worldwide reputation as "Lucky Lindy," Charles A. Lindbergh developed a solid repertoire of aviation skills....
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Aviation History Magazine, Homepage Featured Top Stories, Homepage Hero, Mag: Aviation History Featured
Republic of China Air Force Major “Mike” Hua pulled off a nighttime dead-stick landing in an early U-2...
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Aviation History
Sixty years after its introduction, Lockheed’s U-2 spyplane continues to serve as America’s eyes in the sky over distant battlefields....
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World War II Magazine
Four Doolittle Raiders recall the mission that rocked Japan. The first bombs, four 500-pound incendiary clusters, began tumbling down to Tokyo on Saturday, April 18, 1942, at precisely 12:20 p.m. While little is known of Sergeant Fred A....
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Aviation History Magazine
On April 1, 1915, Roland Garros took off in a Morane-Saulnier L from an airfield in northern France, planning to play an April Fool’s Day trick on the Germans....
