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The Original Tomcat: Did you know the Grumman F7F...

On Memorial Day 1996, the F7F Tigercat flew its only airshow routine with its more modern descendant,...

WWII Planes: The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

During the first year of American participation in World War II, the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (Kittyhawk or...

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was Outdated When WWII...

In the minds of many military enthusiasts, there was only one bomber in the United States inventory...

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The Original Tomcat: Did you know the Grumman F7F...

On Memorial Day 1996, the F7F Tigercat flew its only airshow routine with its more modern descendant,...

WWII Planes: The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

During the first year of American participation in World War II, the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (Kittyhawk or...

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was Outdated When WWII...

In the minds of many military enthusiasts, there was only one bomber in the United States inventory...

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The Original Tomcat: Did you know the Grumman F7F Tigercat was originally to be named “Tomcat?”

On Memorial Day 1996, the F7F Tigercat flew its only airshow routine with its more modern descendant, the F-14 Tomcat, with Captain Dale “Snort”...

WWII Planes: The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

During the first year of American participation in World War II, the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (Kittyhawk or Tomahawk to the British) came to symbolize...

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was Outdated When WWII Began

In the minds of many military enthusiasts, there was only one bomber in the United States inventory during World War II. This is not...

F4U Corsair – The best piston-engined fighter aircraft ever designed?

On December 4, 1950, Jesse Brown, U.S. Navy Ensign and the Navy’s first African American aviator, was flying 1,000 feet above the icy Korean...

PBY Catalina: The U.S. Navy’s Jack Of (Nearly) All Trades Of World War II

PBY Catalina: To tourists visiting or living on the West Coast, the word “Catalina” conjures up a picturesque island off the Southern California coast. In...

Better Or Best: The B-17 Vs. The B-24

One of the most frequently discussed arguments to come out of World War II is which was the “better” bomber, the Boeing B-17 Flying...

Douglas A-20 Havoc Bomber: The Scourge of Axis Shipping

Following the apocalyptic initial phase of Operation Barbarossa starting on June 22, 1941, the Germans inflicted crippling losses on the Red Army Air Forces...

B-29 Superfortress: The Plane That Bombed Japan Into Submission

As the Japanese delegation stood on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, preparing to sign the documents that ended World War...

This Is the U.S. Army’s Best Helicopter (So Don’t Stop Making It).

Almost half of the 6,000 plus total hours I’ve flown in my career took place in the legendary Boeing heavy-lift Chinook. During my second...