Featured in HistoryBYEmma HelfrichMay 9, 2022ShareNavy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair IIThe story of how a major modification of Grumman’s A-6 Intruder almost replaced the A-4 Skyhawk in the Navy’s light attack role. BYEmma HelfrichMay 9, 2022ShareBYEmma HelfrichApr 29, 2022ShareThe B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold WarStrategic Air Command KC-135 and B-52 crews trained inside trains during the Cold War. BYEmma HelfrichApr 29, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJan 6, 2022ShareHere’s The Story Behind That Viral Video Of Napoleonic Armor Smashed Through By A CannonballDocuments found on one of Napoleon’s young heavy cavalrymen who fell at the Battle of Waterloo reveal the history behind the mangled armor. BYBrett TingleyJan 6, 2022ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 28, 2021ShareConfessions Of An A-6 Intruder PilotStrap in alongside veteran pilot Francesco “Paco” Chierici for a trip back in time when A-6s still rocketed through canyons in the black of night. BYTyler RogowaySep 28, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 28, 2021ShareThe Story Behind The Thunderbirds’ Black-Tailed F-4 Phantom And “Captain Carbon”For years, one of the Thunderbird’s jets flew its routines with a slightly different paint job than the others. Here’s why. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 28, 2021ShareBYKevin NoonanMar 18, 2021ShareThe Navy Experimented With Turning Its Attack Jets Into Submarine Hunters 50 Years AgoThe experiment was far ahead of its time in many ways and came in part as a result of the Navy looking to fit every mission onto its supercarriers. BYKevin NoonanMar 18, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 21, 2021ShareThe VH-3 Marine One Helicopter Has Flown Its Last President Into RetirementAfter six decades, the end of the venerable VH-3’s career is now clearly in sight as its VH-92 replacement gets set to take center stage. BYTyler RogowayJan 21, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJan 8, 2021ShareHere Is What Happened The Last Time The U.S. Capitol Was Stormed Over Two Centuries AgoAfter the sad events of January 6th, 2021, we look back to 1814 when the Capitol was stormed by the British. BYBrett TingleyJan 8, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2020ShareHow The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A RealityOne of Lockheed Martin’s top directed energy minds explains how breakthroughs in communications and industrial tech made laser weapons possible. BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2020ShareLaser Weapons On The Battlefield Of Tomorrow: Separating Fact From FictionOne of Lockheed’s top laser minds tells about the limits of current tech and what is needed to make lasers more prevalent on tomorrow’s battlefield. BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareUS Navy Aircraft Carriers Had Escalators Just Like At The MallInstead of carrying shopping bag toting consumers, these escalators carried fully geared-up aircrews on the way to their aircraft. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareThe Crazy Aircraft Carrier Hangar Catapults Of World War IIThe idea was novel, but far from a long-lived success. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareThe AGM-122 “Sidearm” Came To Be From A Novel Missile Recycling SchemeAnd we could use something like it now more than ever. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareRaven Rock Author Tells Us How Our Government Plans For Its Own AnnihilationWe chat all about how the government secretly prepares for the end of the world as we know it and the fortresses and technologies that will protect the chosen few. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 3, 2020ShareRyan Aeronautical Had Big Plans for the Vertifan Jump JetCompany artwork shows proposals for vertical take-off and landing fighter jets, interceptors, sub hunters, and more. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 3, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 3, 2020ShareWatch These Old World War II Bombers Launch Target DronesEarly in the Cold War, the Royal Canadian Air Force modified two iconic Lancasters to carry early unmanned aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 3, 2020Share12
BYEmma HelfrichMay 9, 2022ShareNavy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair IIThe story of how a major modification of Grumman’s A-6 Intruder almost replaced the A-4 Skyhawk in the Navy’s light attack role. BYEmma HelfrichMay 9, 2022Share
BYEmma HelfrichApr 29, 2022ShareThe B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold WarStrategic Air Command KC-135 and B-52 crews trained inside trains during the Cold War. BYEmma HelfrichApr 29, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 6, 2022ShareHere’s The Story Behind That Viral Video Of Napoleonic Armor Smashed Through By A CannonballDocuments found on one of Napoleon’s young heavy cavalrymen who fell at the Battle of Waterloo reveal the history behind the mangled armor. BYBrett TingleyJan 6, 2022Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 28, 2021ShareConfessions Of An A-6 Intruder PilotStrap in alongside veteran pilot Francesco “Paco” Chierici for a trip back in time when A-6s still rocketed through canyons in the black of night. BYTyler RogowaySep 28, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 28, 2021ShareThe Story Behind The Thunderbirds’ Black-Tailed F-4 Phantom And “Captain Carbon”For years, one of the Thunderbird’s jets flew its routines with a slightly different paint job than the others. Here’s why. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 28, 2021Share
BYKevin NoonanMar 18, 2021ShareThe Navy Experimented With Turning Its Attack Jets Into Submarine Hunters 50 Years AgoThe experiment was far ahead of its time in many ways and came in part as a result of the Navy looking to fit every mission onto its supercarriers. BYKevin NoonanMar 18, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 21, 2021ShareThe VH-3 Marine One Helicopter Has Flown Its Last President Into RetirementAfter six decades, the end of the venerable VH-3’s career is now clearly in sight as its VH-92 replacement gets set to take center stage. BYTyler RogowayJan 21, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 8, 2021ShareHere Is What Happened The Last Time The U.S. Capitol Was Stormed Over Two Centuries AgoAfter the sad events of January 6th, 2021, we look back to 1814 when the Capitol was stormed by the British. BYBrett TingleyJan 8, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2020ShareHow The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A RealityOne of Lockheed Martin’s top directed energy minds explains how breakthroughs in communications and industrial tech made laser weapons possible. BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2020ShareLaser Weapons On The Battlefield Of Tomorrow: Separating Fact From FictionOne of Lockheed’s top laser minds tells about the limits of current tech and what is needed to make lasers more prevalent on tomorrow’s battlefield. BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareUS Navy Aircraft Carriers Had Escalators Just Like At The MallInstead of carrying shopping bag toting consumers, these escalators carried fully geared-up aircrews on the way to their aircraft. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareThe Crazy Aircraft Carrier Hangar Catapults Of World War IIThe idea was novel, but far from a long-lived success. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareThe AGM-122 “Sidearm” Came To Be From A Novel Missile Recycling SchemeAnd we could use something like it now more than ever. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareRaven Rock Author Tells Us How Our Government Plans For Its Own AnnihilationWe chat all about how the government secretly prepares for the end of the world as we know it and the fortresses and technologies that will protect the chosen few. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 3, 2020ShareRyan Aeronautical Had Big Plans for the Vertifan Jump JetCompany artwork shows proposals for vertical take-off and landing fighter jets, interceptors, sub hunters, and more. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 3, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 3, 2020ShareWatch These Old World War II Bombers Launch Target DronesEarly in the Cold War, the Royal Canadian Air Force modified two iconic Lancasters to carry early unmanned aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 3, 2020Share
