The Kommandogerat, a system of the FW 190A series that allowed boost pressure, fuel flow, mixture setting, and prop control with a single lever, made it virtually the only World…
Operation Glass Knob was the cover name for the mission. In order to create a landslide that would block the road, a colonel decided to bomb the rocky outcrop of…
The Desert Camouflage Uniform used in the First Gulf War and a related experimental camouflage livery that was developed at the time serve as inspiration for this “What if” design…
‘I am at about 800m when suddenly there is a bang and the sparks fly across the cockpit. The throttle is shot to pieces, the stick flops forward,’ Werner Mölders,…
Four US Army soldiers who served in the Vietnam War received the Medal of Honor from President Biden, according to the White House. Four US Army soldiers who served in…
During his 36th combat sortie, Stewart is shown here piloting B-52F 57-0149 during a daytime bombing mission against Viet Cong infiltrators The amazing artwork by Mark Postlethwaite that is shown…
‘Desperate to get this kill, I pressed the trigger till my guns went silent—no more ammo! Oh, if only I was carrying air-to-air missiles instead of these ground-attack rockets,’ Tahir…
The contrasting versions about Skunk Works’ beginnings On paper, the specifications for the spy plane that could capture incredibly clear pictures from 70,000 feet seemed like pure fantasy. A Mach-3…
Orestes Lorenzo Perez, a MiG-23 pilot, circled the Naval Air Station Key West three times on March 20, 1991, waggling the wings of his Flogger to indicate friendly intentions in…
The SBD Dauntless Dive Bombers were in many ways the last ditch effort of the Navy to defend Midway. Even though the island had been hit and had been the…