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WWII-era battleship USS New Jersey pictured on the Delaware River for scheduled maintenance

Battleship New Jersey Leaves Her Pier For First Time In Over 30 Years

By Oliver Parken / Updated Mar 21, 2024

A close-up shot of part of a T-72 tank track, produced by Cook Defence Systems

Tank Museum In U.K. Playing Big Role In Keeping Ukraine’s Armor On Track

By Oliver Parken / Updated Mar 8, 2024

CF-5 refuels from a 707 tanker.

F-5 Pilot’s Double Engine Flameout While Refueling Over The Atlantic

By Dan McWilliams / Updated Mar 5, 2024

An air-to-air right side view of a 494th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft releasing its load of Mark 82 high-drag bombs over the Bardenas Reales range. The 494th TFS has been deployed to Zaragoza Air Base for training.

The F-111 Was Faster Than You Think

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 29, 2024

CF-18 Cold War

Hornet Pilot’s Cold War Mission Left Him In The “Buffer Zone” Between East And West

By Dan McWilliams / Updated Feb 22, 2024

Composite image of the exterior and interior of a nuclear communications bunker

Cold War Bunker Turned Mansion In Missouri Can Be Yours

By Oliver Parken / Updated Jan 19, 2024

No, This Is Not A Secret UFO Crash Retrieval

No, This Is Not A Secret UFO Crash Retrieval

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Nov 29, 2023

M55 Spy Plane may be headed for Ukraine war operations

Soviet-Era M-55 Spy Plane May Be Headed To Support The War In Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 21, 2023

An Su-27UB Flanker-C sits in the hangar of the Cold War Gallery, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Su-27 Absolutely Dwarfs All Jets Around It At Its New Home

By Oliver Parken / Updated Oct 26, 2023

F-5 light fighters fly in formation

The Intriguing Story Of How Yemen Got F-5E Tiger II Fighters

By Oliver Parken / Updated Oct 18, 2023

Yellow Submarine discotech

The Bizarre Backstory Of Croatia’s Yellow Submarine Nightclub

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 5, 2023

ERCS ICBM

This ICBM-Launched Satellite Could Transmit Nuclear Codes When Nothing Else Was Left To

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 29, 2023

Douglas Skypirate

The Colossal Skypirate Was A Beast Of A Carrier Aircraft Design

By Oliver Parken / Updated Jul 31, 2023

SEA VAMPIRE RUBBER DECK

Aircraft Carriers With Rubber Decks Were A Bad Idea

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 7, 2023

Green Beret conducts high-altitude freefall jump with an SADM

Special Forces Parachuted With Nukes Strapped To Them During The Cold War

By Oliver Parken / Updated Jun 9, 2023

Mk 48 Frigate

Cold War U.S. Navy Nearly Armed Its Frigates With Mk 48 Heavyweight Torpedoes

By Kevin Noonan / Updated Jun 6, 2023