60-Year-Old U-2 Spyplane Still Seeks Out the Enemy
Sixty years after its introduction, Lockheed’s U-2 spyplane continues to serve as America’s eyes in the sky over distant battlefields.
Martha Gellhorn: Writer, Warrior, Witness
Journalist and novelist railed against injustice, covered combat—and gave Ernest Hemingway the boot
Unassuming Chemist Was the CIA’s Poisoner in Chief
Sidney Gottlieb ran a workshop dedicated to assassination—and mind control
Audiobook Review – Reagan: An American Journey
Plumbing the well of the 40th president’s relationships, author Bob Spitz explains the Great Communicator’s life though the people he encountered.
Sad Saga of the B-29 Kee Bird
When a B-29 crew got lost in weather over the Arctic and came down on a frozen Greenland lake, it led to an ill-fated recovery attempt 48 years later.
Hard Truth About Disarmament: Diplomacy Means Diddly
Iran will build a bomb when it's ready, despite treaty restrictions
Book Review: Undersea Warriors
Iain Ballantyne relates the exploits of British intelligence and ballistic missile submariners during the Cold War
This Week in History—October 23-31—Nuclear Crisis in Cuba 1962
The U.S. launches into a nuclear standoff with the USSR over Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Vought F4U-7 Corsair
The carrier-operable Corsair came to dominate the Pacific skies during World War II.
Thunder in the Cinema: Hollywood’s Jet Age Movies
Hollywood’s fictional U.S. Air Force films often diverged from reality, but most are worth watching if only for the aerial sequences featuring rare jet aircraft
IS-2 Heavy Tank
The Russian IS-2 proved superior to the German Panther medium tank and able to hold its own against the Tiger I and II heavies
This Week in History – Fidel Castro Sets Spark To the Cuban Revolution
In 1953, an armed revolt led by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies replaced Cuba's military dictatorship with a Communist one
