Gulf War: The Battle of 73 Easting and the Road to the Synthetic Battlefield
There is an old training axiom that a military force usually learns a great deal more from their defeats than …
Conflicts & Operations
The Embargoes That Blocked Japanese Expansion and Led to War
As the Year of the Dragon (1940) gave way to the Year of the Snake (1941), the United States and …
Gulf War: RF-4C Phantom II in Desert Storm
The RF-4C Phantom II was the last manned, tactical reconnaissance aircraft in U. S. Air Force inventory. The 1991 Persian …
Gulf War: Coast Guard Aviators Battled Saddam Hussein’s Oil Spill
Coast Guard aviation gained abrupt visibility during Operation Desert Storm when the service’s sole VC-11A Gulfstream II transport – with …
Gulf War: Naval Lessons of the Gulf War
For the Navy, the Gulf War was an introduction to the post-Cold War world. It was the first major joint …
Gulf War: The 20th Fighter Wing in Operation Desert Storm
Around midnight, Jan. 16, 1991, hundreds of afterburner flames stabbed the inky darkness at many airfields in Saudi Arabia and …
Ronald Reagan “Performed Well” in World War II
Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday on Feb. 6 is a good time to be reminded of Reagan’s World War II service …
A Call to Arms: FDR’s Four Freedoms Speech Resonates More Than Ever Today
In November 1940, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented third term. It was a dangerous time. Nazi …
Gulf War: Apache Raid
Flying low to avoid detection, Apache attack helicopters launched missiles and rockets against Iraqi early warning sites deep in enemy …
Gulf War: Air Power Lessons from the Gulf War
In a basement room in the Pentagon, near the famous purple water fountain that has been a building landmark for …