At just 19 years old, Katherine Stinson was one of the first American women to get a pilot’s license in 1912. Katherine Stinson, who was born on February 14, 1891,…
The sad story of Tanker 130, the C-130 whose wings fall off during the 2002 fire season
In 2002, a C-130, call sign Tanker 130 owned by Hawkins & Powers Aviation of Greybull, Wyoming, and operated under contract to the United States Forest Service, had its wings…
The MC-130P Combat Shadow from the Son Tay raid displayed at the Castle Air Museum.
In order to make room for it in the Castle Air Museum’s permanent collection, the MC-130P #66-0212 that took part in the special forces raid on Son Tay to free…
The Spitfire Mk.XIV was the best piston-engined fighter in Europe during WWII
As the war came to an end, technology advanced quickly, and the first jet aircraft were pitted against or alongside the most powerful piston-engined types the world had ever seen.…
The Chinese Embassy in central Belgrade was one of the B-2’s objectives, and when it was struck by three GPS-Aided Munitions on May 7, 1999, it led to the OAF’s…
The USAAF lost 214 soldiers in Romania, according to the Romanian Gendarmerie, but several B-24 aircraft had crew members who were so badly burned that it was impossible to identify…
These photos of USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Harry S. Truman operating together highlight the differences between a Ford-class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Ford is underway conducting integrated air wing operations, and the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group remains at sea in the Atlantic as a certified carrier strike group force ready…
When the only two Tupolev Tu-16 airstrikes against Israel were carried out by the Iraqi Air Force
Both Israeli Mirage pilots were scared away by Tupolev Tu-16 defensive fire from the tail-mounted barbette after their Shafrir Mk.1 air-to-air missile attack attempt failed The Iraqi High Command in…
Famous German Ace Adolf Galland recounts his final combat mission
“As usual in a dogfight, I was tense and excited. I forgot to release the second safety catch for the rockets. They did not go off. I was in the…
The first dogfight between two of the best fighters ever constructed was between the Tempest V and the Fw 190D-9
Flg Off Paul Breger, who had bailed out of his Fw 190D-9 in response to the attack by the Green Section, was struck by Bevan Hall’s spiraling Tempest as he…