The Green Ramp Disaster
This article pays tribute to the 24 paratroopers who passed away in the Green Ramp tragedy on March 23, 1994, at the former Pope Air Force Base At around 300…
This article pays tribute to the 24 paratroopers who passed away in the Green Ramp tragedy on March 23, 1994, at the former Pope Air Force Base At around 300…
As he moved through missile ranges to get close enough to fire his 20 mm cannon, Hoser soon scored two gun kills. He completely outmaneuvered the F-15 pilots in round…
Before “Rabbit” Moranville was shot down over Indochina in January 1945, he and “Gunner” were inseparable On January 12, 1945, VF-11 “Sundowners” F6F Hellcats attacked Tan Son Nhut airport in…
Some of the women that participated in the flyover were individually coached by Rosemary Mariner The U.S. Navy will say goodbye to its first female fighter pilot on February 2…
Heavy destruction of German industrial resources was achieved during the Battles of the Ruhr and Hamburg in 1943, but only at the cost of a steadily increasing loss ratio, especially…
O’Hare rejected the Congressional Medal of Honor recommendation made by Frederick Sherman, the captain of the Lexington, saying that any one of his squadron members would have taken the same…
The all-time B-26 mission record went to FLAK BAIT with no less than 202 sorties The much-despised B-26 Marauder, the medium bomber “workhorse” of the Ninth Air Force, bounced back…
The Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile was used in this 35-hour mission under the codename Operation Senior Surprise, also known as Secret Squirrel The crews at Barksdale Air Force Base…
The BOAC 747 was the first aircraft to feature a popular British Airways historical design British Airways stated on January 21, 2019, that a Boeing 747 was painted in the…
Of the 16 million Americans who fought in WWII, more than 400,000 died in battle, and 72,766 are still missing The remains of a former P-47 Thunderbolt pilot who was…