Amazing Colorized WWII Photos
Alfred T. Palmer, Library of Congress A young U.S. Army Air Force member tests the machine gun on a YB-17 bomber. The B-17 was…
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Historical Abandoned Military Bases Around the World
Hashima Island, Japan South China Morning Post Formally known as Gunkanjima Island, this tiny piece of land has an incredible history. Believing…
Military Aircraft Civilians Can Purchase
Sukhoi SU-27 Tech. Sgt. Thomas Doscher, U.S. Air Force Within the last decade, the Soviet-era Sukhoi SU-27 became an aircraft for sale to civilians. This…
Interesting Facts About The P-51 Mustang
One Of The Longest Fighter Missions Of The War Happened In A Mustang While the P-51 Mustang is thoroughly American, other allied pilots made good…
WWII POW Charles C. Huppert’s Story Of The Great Escape
Charles C. Huppert was a World War II pilot who rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Air Force, and later, the United States Air Force. He…
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The Fastest Military Jets in History
F-100 Super Sabre USAF The F-100 Super Sabre was America’s answer to the future of air-to-air superiority in the mid-1950s. Equipped with a single Pratt…
Legendary Lockheed YF-12 Images
NASA The Lockheed A-12 family, known as the Blackbirds, were designed by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson. These YF-12 images were photographed by military veterans and…
Jet Ejections That Made Aviation History
MiG-29s Collide Mid-Air At Air Show Rob Schleiffert During a 1993 air show at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, the nearly 250,000 spectators got…
Top 20 Military Uniform Patterns
ACU Universal Camouflage Pattern Spc. Ferdinand Rejano, U.S. Army The Army Combat Uniform’s Universal Camouflage Pattern, also…
Ten Interesting Facts About the A-10 Warthog
The official designation for this aircraft is the A-10 Thunderbolt II, named after its illustrious WWII predecessor the P-47 Thunderbolt. However, the nickname “Warthog” is so popular and well loved…
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