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The Extraordinary Tale Of USS Salmon’s Escape From Destruction
By Oliver Parken / Updated Dec 1, 2023
No, This Is Not A Secret UFO Crash Retrieval
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Nov 29, 2023
Soviet-Era M-55 Spy Plane May Be Headed To Support The War In Ukraine
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 21, 2023
Giant WWII Airship Hangar Decimated By Raging Fire
By Oliver Parken / Updated Nov 7, 2023
F-5 Pilot’s Early Struggles Aerial Refueling The Underpowered Jet
By Dan McWilliams / Updated Nov 6, 2023
Su-27 Absolutely Dwarfs All Jets Around It At Its New Home
By Oliver Parken / Updated Oct 26, 2023
The Intriguing Story Of How Yemen Got F-5E Tiger II Fighters
By Oliver Parken / Updated Oct 18, 2023
The Nuclear Scientist And The Warplane That Became Britain’s Most Unlikely Airliner
By Rowland White / Updated Oct 13, 2023
The Bizarre Backstory Of Croatia’s Yellow Submarine Nightclub
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 5, 2023
The Beach Bum Has Flown West: Jimmy Buffett’s Legacy In The Sky
By Stetson Payne / Updated Sep 2, 2023
Battleship Missouri’s Sailors Brace For Incoming Missiles In Intense Desert Storm Video
By Oliver Parken / Updated Aug 30, 2023
This ICBM-Launched Satellite Could Transmit Nuclear Codes When Nothing Else Was Left To
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 29, 2023
Royal Navy Once Created A ‘Franken-Ship’ From Two Destroyers
By Oliver Parken / Updated Aug 22, 2023
F-111 Aardvark’s Crew Escape Module Ejected The Whole Cockpit
By Oliver Parken / Updated Aug 17, 2023
The Colossal Skypirate Was A Beast Of A Carrier Aircraft Design
By Oliver Parken / Updated Jul 31, 2023
Horror Of ‘Firestorm’ Introduced By Europe’s Deadliest Bombing Raid 80 Years Ago
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 27, 2023
This Alien-Looking Airship Design Used A Propulsion Method Unlike Any Other
By Oliver Parken / Updated Jul 19, 2023
The Truth About Pirate Weapons
By Rebecca Simon / Updated Jul 12, 2023
Aircraft Carriers With Rubber Decks Were A Bad Idea
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 7, 2023
Hurricane Fighters From WWII Unearthed In Ukrainian Forest
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 3, 2023
Special Forces Parachuted With Nukes Strapped To Them During The Cold War
By Oliver Parken / Updated Jun 9, 2023
Cold War U.S. Navy Nearly Armed Its Frigates With Mk 48 Heavyweight Torpedoes
By Kevin Noonan / Updated Jun 6, 2023
Why Vertical Smoke Trails Are Seen During Nuclear Explosions
By Oliver Parken / Updated May 12, 2023
One Of Rome’s Most Devastating Military Defeats Was Masterminded From Within
By Dr. Joanne Ball / Updated May 9, 2023
This Minelayer Was Converted Into A Floating Brewery During World War II
By Oliver Parken / Updated May 5, 2023
The Navy Procured This Midget Submarine For Coastal Defense During The Cold War
By Oliver Parken / Updated Apr 26, 2023
The Complicated Legacy Of The V-2 Rocket And Its Designer
By Dr. Charlie Hall / Updated Apr 12, 2023
Iconic Atomic Bomb Blast Imagery From Japan Almost Never Happened
By Oliver Parken / Updated Mar 28, 2023
WWI Style Sniper Decoy Makes Comeback In Trenches Of Ukraine
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 13, 2023
This German Cruiser With A Crazy Past Had These Even Wackier Torpedo Launchers
By Oliver Parken / Updated Mar 1, 2023
Russia Also Has A Fleet Of Spy Balloons
By Piotr Butowski / Updated Feb 13, 2023
The Soviets Built Bespoke Balloon-Killer Planes During The Cold War
By Piotr Butowski / Updated Feb 7, 2023
Soviet Submarine Launched All Its Missiles In An Unprecedented Rehearsal For Armageddon
By Matus Smutny / Updated Jan 30, 2023
Navy Pilot Who Secretly Killed Four MiGs On One Mission Finally Recognized
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 24, 2023
How A British Submarine Spent Hours Under A Russian Aircraft Carrier
By Matus Smutny / Updated Jan 11, 2023
WWI Aircrews Trained In These Moving Cockpits On Rails To Learn Aerial Gunnery
By Oliver Parken / Updated Jan 6, 2023
The B-2’s Little-Known GAM Weapon Was The First Satellite-Guided Bomb
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 5, 2023
Tacfarinas Made Rome Realize It Had To Fight Like The Enemy To Win
By Dr. Joanne Ball / Updated Dec 21, 2022
This Was The Biggest Planned Explosion In Warfare Before Hiroshima
By Oliver Parken / Updated Dec 9, 2022
The V-2 Rocket: Rise Of The Space Race And Cold War Missiles
By Dr. Charlie Hall / Updated Dec 8, 2022
The Last 747 Ever Built Has Rolled Off Boeing’s Production Line (Updated)
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 6, 2022
The V-2 Rocket: Changing The Trajectory Of Warfare
By Dr. Charlie Hall / Updated Nov 21, 2022
Saladin Was A Land-Sea Warfare Innovator Of The Middle Ages
By Benjamin Duval / Updated Nov 16, 2022
B-17 In Horrific Mid-Air Collision At Dallas Airshow (Updated)
By Stetson Payne / Updated Nov 12, 2022
This Quad Minigun-Armed WWII Turret Spewing Rounds Is Metal As Hell
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Oct 25, 2022
The Convair RB-58 Recce Hustler’s Short But Fascinating Career
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 21, 2022
Stories From The Eyes In The Sky On 9/11
By Chris Croot / Updated Sep 11, 2022
Air Traffic Controller Details Sea Of Red Tape That Mired 9/11 Response
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Sep 11, 2022
‘Death Gun Salutes’ Honoring Queen Elizabeth II Thunder Around Globe
By Howard Altman / Updated Sep 9, 2022
Meticulously Planned Logistics Operation Underway To Celebrate Queen’s Life
By Howard Altman / Updated Sep 8, 2022
This Crazy Il-62 Airliner’s Grass Landing Has A Great Story Behind It
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Aug 17, 2022
Everything You Know About Pirates Is Wrong
By Rebecca Simon / Updated Jul 25, 2022
Veteran Air Traffic Controller On Dealing With Stranger Things In The Sky
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jul 22, 2022
Meet Lt. Amanda “Stalin” Lee, First Woman Blue Angels Jet Demo Pilot
By Howard Altman / Updated Jul 18, 2022
First Woman Blue Angels Jet Demonstration Pilot Selected (Updated)
By Howard Altman / Updated Jul 17, 2022
Why The Legacy Of Robin Olds Lives On In Today’s Fighter Pilots
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 14, 2022
Sunken Ship Locations Could Be Kept Secret By The Military If Amendment Passes
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jun 22, 2022
Elite British SAS Soldier’s Action-Packed Account Of The Falklands War
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 14, 2022
SEAL-Doctor-Astronaut Jonny Kim Is Adding Pilot To His Crazy Resume
By Howard Altman / Updated Jun 9, 2022
The Afghan Army’s Last Commander On How His Country Really Fell
By Howard Altman / Updated Jun 9, 2022
63-Year-Old Retired Russian Fighter Pilot Shot Down In Su-25 Over Ukraine
By Howard Altman / Updated May 24, 2022
Ex-Green Berets Say Horse Soldier Lessons Ring True In Ukraine
By Howard Altman / Updated May 17, 2022
Area 51 Test Pilot Died During Heroic Su-27 Flight: Report
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 7, 2022
New Ukraine Military Aid Bill Isn’t Your Grandfather’s Lend-Lease Act
By Ryan Faith / Updated May 5, 2022