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Aviation History Shane Simmons |
Red Baron: An Ace for the Ages More than eight decades after his death on the Western Front, fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen's fame remains undimmed. |
Aviation History May 2007 Kelly Bell |
The Forgotten Few: Polish Airmen Fought During the Battle of Britain Polish airmen fought valiantly against marauding Messerschmitts during the Battle of Britain, only to see their contributions largely ignored at war's end as Poland was absorbed into the Communist bloc. |
Aviation History September 2007 Derek O'Connor |
Biplane Battle: Flying Against the Bolsheviks During Russia's Civil War A mixed British squadron of fighters, bombers and recon aircraft battled Red cavalry during Russia's civil war. |
Military History Colin D. Heaton |
The Count: Luftwaffe Ace Walter Krupinski Luftwaffe ace Walter Krupinski trained, led and served alongside some of the greatest fighter pilots in history. And with 197 victories, he was no slouch himself. An interview |
Aviation History Kelly Bell |
Air War Over Iraq In May 1941, British forces were fighting to keep Iraq in Allied hands -- a struggle that belatedly involved German and Italian aircraft as well. |
Aviation History January 2008 Michele May |
Aviators: Quentin Roosevelt - 'He died fighting' After Quentin, the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt, was killed in action on July 14, 1918, his grave became a mecca for Allied troops. |
Aviation History March 2008 Lawrence Spinetta |
MiG Madness: The Air War over Korea Some American pilots crossed the line in their quest to shoot down enemy fighters during the Korean War. |
Aviation History June 5, 2004 Jon Guttman |
Charles McGee: Tuskegee And Beyond Charles McGee never thought much of flying until he started training at Tuskegee. When he finally left the U.S. Air Force, he had 30 years and three wars behind him. |
Aviation History March 2007 Jon Guttman |
Richard Ira Bong: American World War II Ace of Aces In 1942, Richard "Dick" Ira Bong was quiet, shy and introverted on the ground; aggressive, hostile and fearless in the air. |
Aviation History July 27, 2004 Walter A. Musciano |
Condor Legion: Luftwaffe in Spanish Skies During the Spanish Civil War, a group of German pilots that became known as the Condor Legion honed their hunting skills in Spain's skies. |
Aviation History Jon Guttman |
Soviet Fighter on Three Fronts In the years before World War II, Russia's Evgeny Stepanov flew against the Germans over Spain and fought the Japanese over Khalkin Gol. |
Aviation History Ronald V. Regan |
American Volunteer Group: Flying With the Tigers A secretly recruited group of American pilots led by a former aerobatics performer achieved hero status in two nations during World War II and won a permanent place in the annals of aviation history. |
Aviation History May 2006 R.E. van Patten |
Hanna Reitsch: Hitler's Female Test Pilot Groundbreaking pilot Hanna Reitsch set more than 40 records in her lifetime. But she was tragically slow to recognize the ruin into which the Nazis were leading her homeland. |
Military History January 2007 Ricardo Bonalume Neto |
A New Era in Aerial Warfare Began During the Korean War The first months of the Korean War saw a struggle for air superiority acted out by the fighters of the World War II vintage. Then the MiGs arrived, and a new era in aerial warfare began. |
Aviation History Timothy J. Kutta |
Britain's Bold Strike From the Sea On Christmas Day 1914, an audacious British air attack on a Zeppelin base in northern Germany caught the Germans with their defenses down. |
Aviation History January 2008 Alan Foster |
A Bad Day For Flying: The story of a WWII B-24 Commander shot down over Hankow Shot down in flames during a raid on Hankow, B-24 commander John T. Foster evaded capture and enjoyed an unlikely reunion with his Chinese nanny. |
Aviation History July 2007 Don Hollway |
World War II: The Cactus Air Force Fought at Guadalcanal In 1942, a small group of die-hard aviators fended off Japanese invaders at Guadalcanal, code-named 'Cactus.' |
Aviation History Sig Unander Jr. |
Strike of the Aztec Eagles The only Mexican Air Force unit to serve overseas during World War II fought to liberate the Philippines. |
World War II John Bryant |
Robert Felgar: A Bomber Pilot Remembers An interview with Robert Felgar about being shot down and captured in WWII. |
Aviation History George T. Wilson |
Memphis Belle's Odyssey America's most famous Flying Fortress found a permanent place in the hearts of Americans after her hazardous career in the European theater. |
Military History February 2007 Bob Bergin |
Interview with Harold E. Fischer: Korean War Jet Ace and POW Colonel Harold Fischer survived two years in a Chinese prison camp after getting shot down over Manchuria during the Korean War. |
World War II June 2005 Walter Hassell |
USS Lexington: Walter Hassell Recalls the Torpedo Attack That Ended Lady Lex Unlike the flight crews, who had performed so well and valiantly, the ground crew and ship's company had been but spectators in the war. All this was to change. |
World War II Jon Guttman |
Free-for-All Over Rabaul After months of minor raiding, the U.S. Navy's new aircraft carriers took on a major target when they attacked Japan's key bastion in the Solomons in November 1943. |
Aviation History Sam McGowan |
The Four Horsemen Soon after the introduction of the Lockheed C-130, four U.S. Air Force pilots came up with a great way to demonstrate just how maneuverable and powerful the new transport was. |
Aviation History June 5, 2004 A. Russell Chandler III |
D-Day: C-47 Pilot Over Normandy A C-47 pilot gives his son a firsthand look at the dangerous missions he flew in flak-filled skies on D-Day and beyond. |
Aviation History January 2007 Otto Kreisher |
The Rise of the Helicopter During the Korean War Used primarily for search and rescue in the Korean War's early days, choppers had become an essential battlefield tool by the conflict's end. |
Aviation History November 2006 Richard R. Bender |
Victor Tatelman: World War II B-25 Pilot in the Pacific Their assignment in the Pacific took Victor Tatelman and the other pilots and crew members of the 499th Squadron to new low levels in search of the enemy. |
Popular Mechanics June 11, 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
World's Priciest Stealth Plane Takes First Run to Vertical Landing Needing a boost after a negative report leak, Lockheed Martin tested a prototype of its latest Joint Strike Fighter for the Marines today -- a supersonic F-35 that lands like a chopper and thinks like a pilot. |
Aviation History July 29, 2004 Craig Roberts |
It Flies Like a Hummingbird The road to wedding helicopter ascents with fixed-wing speed was paved with bizarre flying contraptions. |
Popular Mechanics November 11, 2008 Andrew Moseman |
The 6 Most Lethal Aircraft in History Aviation experts and warplane veterans take a look at the history of single-engine planes, fighters, bombers and attack helicopters and pick six of the most lethal fliers in the past 100 years. |
Aviation History January 12, 2005 Gerald A. Schiller |
Squadron of Death: Flying and Dying for Hollywood A daring group of former barnstormers introduced American film fans to flying thrills and chills in the 1920s. |
World War II Jon Guttman |
Closing the Falaise Pocket In August 1944, the Germans fought desperately to hold open their last escape route from Normandy while the Polish 1st Armored and the U.S. 90th Infantry divisions fought equally hard to close it. |
Aviation History November 2005 E.R. Johnson |
Fourteenth Air Force: Heir to the Flying Tigers Against seemingly overwhelming odds, the diminutive Fourteenth Air Force held the line against the Japanese in China during World War II. |
Aviation History Deborah G. Douglas |
WASPS of War Nancy Harkness Love proved her mettle in the air and gained recognition for women pilots in a man's world. |
Aviation History July 2005 H. Paul Brehm |
Navy Helldivers Strike Hyuga A raid on the Japanese battleship-carrier Hyuga was an arduous task for fliers of Air Group 87 from USS Ticonderoga. |
National Defense May 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Technology Upgrades Give Edge to Ground-Attack Pilots A-10 jets will soon see an upgrade in technology. |
World War II August 25, 2004 William B. Allmon |
USS Liscome Bay As the escort carrier Liscome Bay turned to launch its aircraft off Makin Atoll on November 24, 1943, Lt. Cmdr. Sunao Tabata of I-175 found himself presented with a target that submariners dream of. |
Aviation History M.A. Mogus |
Old Glory's Final Flight In the aftermath of Lindbergh's famous flight, veteran airmail pilots J.D. Hill and Lloyd Bertaud set out for Rome in a Fokker monoplane. |
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Predator Ground Stations Need Redesign, Say Pilots The demands for aerial surveillance in Iraq and Afghanistan grow by the day, and that means more Predator unmanned aircraft and pilots are needed. |
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Reaper Drones Accomplishing Traditional Fighter Jet Missions Since they were first deployed as reconnaissance and attack aircraft, the Predators have been credited with helping to change the tide in counterinsurgency operations. |
Wired July 2005 Ron Berler |
Saving the Pentagon's Killer Chopper-Plane 22 years. $16 billion. 30 deaths. The V-22 Osprey has been an R&D nightmare. But now the dream of a tilt-rotor troop transport could finally come true. |
Popular Mechanics April 1, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
Inside the War Games for U.S. Air Force Fighter Pilots This week, warplanes from the Air National Guard 174th Fighter Wing will be flying training missions over the desert outside Nellis Air Force Base, trying desperately to compete during simulated combat over the high Nevada desert. |
National Defense August 2010 Grace V. Jean |
More Airmen Joining Air Force Special Operations Command The squadron in charge of training Air Force Special Operations Command gunship crews is adapting training methods to accommodate increasing numbers of newly winged airmen. |
Aviation History September 2006 John W. Whitman |
Japan's Fatally Flawed Air Forces in World War II Japan entered World War II with two well-trained air organizations, but no long-range plan on how to keep them flying. |
National Defense July 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Air Force Responding to Insatiable Demand for Surveillance Drones To meet the voracious need for unmanned aircraft surveillance in combat zones, the Air Force's 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing is creating a new Predator squadron, relocating its training units and expanding base operations. |
Salon.com March 8, 2002 P. Smith |
How safe is your airplane? After the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, some pilots requested that all Airbus A300 planes be grounded. But they're still aloft... |
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Drills Emphasize `Expeditionary' Combat Skills With the number of aircraft expected to shrink in the years ahead---particularly fighter jets---the service will require a different talent mix, and eventually will end up with fewer fighter pilots and more officers in other specialties considered more relevant to the war on terrorism |
National Defense December 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Predator, Reaper Crew Training at All Time High As Demand Continues Training activity at Holloman Air force Base reflects the ever-growing need for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets such as the MQ-1 and MQ-9. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2008 Susan Karlin |
James Brown: Above & Beyond This experimental test pilots are aviators trained in engineering and can convey problems and improvements for plane development. |
Salon.com July 12, 2002 Patrick Smith |
Up, locked, and loaded Should guns be allowed in the cockpit? Possibly, says Salon's aviation expert, but not at the expense of other solutions to air terror. |