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
Online Exclusive: Margaret Chase Smith Stands Up to Bully Joe McCarthy
Dignified and diminutive Maine Republican disliked communism—but liked 'Tail Gunner Joe's' way of fighting it even less
The Soviets’ Giant Intercontinental Turboprop Airliner
Developed from the Tupolev Tu-95 “Bear” strategic bomber, the Tu-114 Rossiya airliner set records as the world’s fastest turboprop aircraft.
VIDEO: Castro Sets Spark To the Cuban Revolution
On July 26, 1953, revolutionaries Fidel and Raul Castro stage a bloody coup against their government that leads to the establishment of communism in Cuba
Howls of ‘Socialism!’ Killed Truman Health Insurance
Republicans and medical industry groups used Red Scare tactics to defeat early version of Medicare-for-All
Amazing Story of the Lost H-Bomb
During a training exercise in 1958, a B-47 Stratojet bomber pilot was forced to ditch his payload—a 1.69-megaton nuclear weapon.
July 2019 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about the Korean DMZ and the sinking, 37 years apart, of the cruisers Indianapolis and Belgrano
Topgun Turns 50
Founded in response to air combat shortcomings during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Navy’s fighter training program continues to turn out elite airmen
Casey Sherman & Michael Tougias: U-2s Over Cuba
In their book Above & Beyond authors Casey Sherman and Michael Tougias relate the exploits of U-2 pilots over Cold War Cuba
