U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Three Ts – Talos, Terrier, and Tartar
For me, the story of the U.S. Navy’s journey to achieve effective fleet air defense is a personal one – …
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U-2 Pilot Maj. Rudy Anderson: The Only American Killed During the Cuban Missile Crisis
An American U-2 reconnaissance aircraft high over Cuba took photos of Soviet missile sites capable of launching nuclear warheads at …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Getting Surface-to-Air Missile Development Started
While the U.S. Navy has enjoyed unprecedented success in developing surface-to-air missiles for fleet air defense the path to success …
Sikorsky H-5 Combat Rescue in Korea
It was a hairy rescue that began ordinarily enough.
First Lieutenant Charles H. Field was the pilot of the 3rd …
‘Very Long Range’ P-51 Mustang Missions to Japan Taxed Pilots
To support the B-29 Superfortress armada gathered on Guam, Saipan and Tinian – and to make their own, unique contribution …
The Martin XB-51 Bomber
If things had worked out differently, the U.S. Air Force might have had a force of B-51 bombers available in …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Building and Deploying the U.S. Navy’s Missile Fleet – With Urgency
For anyone younger than those of the baby boomer generation, it is impossible to fully understand the urgency the Cold …
Flying and Fighting in the B-26 Marauder
“It was not the airplane I wanted to fly. I was horrified because of all the bad stories I had …
XP-59A Airacomet: The First American Jet Began As A Secret Program
When the Bell XP-59A Airacomet came on the scene during World War II it was shrouded in secrecy and surrounded …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Transition From Guns to Missiles
The U.S. Navy has been in the missile defense business for over six decades. Given such a long history, and …