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…
Ian “Soapy” Watson, the Sea Harrier pilot, had completed only 75 percent of the recommended flying hours. The Royal Navy Sea Harrier ZA176 made an emergency landing aboard the cargo…
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…
In a single flight in 1984, the F-106B N816NA was struck 72 times in the space of only 45 minutes while penetrating a thunderstorm at 38,000 feet! The interesting photo…