There was a thought that, as the guns fell silent at the close of World War 2, the world might experience a lasting peace. This illusion was shattered fairly quickly, as the Iron Curtain extended into ...

World War II was fought across land, sea, and air. Soldiers and tanks battled on the ground, bombers and escort planes struck in the air, and battleships clashed at sea. WWII proved the dominance of ...

The Vietnam War was a vast calamity that cost millions of lives. In the chaos of the air war, MiGs and Phantom fighters duelled for supremacy, while B-52 bombers and other types smashed vast areas to ...

Soon after the invention and mass adoption of airplanes, governments started used them for war. Suddenly, soldiers had to watch out for flying machines spraying hot lead and dropping bombs. However, ...

To manufacture thousands of airplanes for its World War I allies, the United States would fell acres of spruce. Preston Lerner Spruce was essential to the construction of more than 4,000 Curtiss JN-4D ...

World War II was a turning point for naval warfare. Not only were the scope and scale of the naval conflict massive, with American forces island hopping incrementally from Hawaii to Japan, but the ...

The C-130 has served since 1956 and remains active across tactical airlift and special operations missions. B-52 and KC-135 aircraft introduced in the 1950s still fly today through continuous upgrades ...

An A-26 Invader, nicknamed Million Airess, will participate in a flyover for the U.S. Air Force Academy vs. Army football game. Because of the government shutdown, the Academy Association of Graduates ...

(CNN) — Here’s a selected list of commercial airplane crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism. June 14, 1940 – Soviet bombers shoot down the Kaleva, a Finnish commercial plane traveling from ...

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