Wingman to the End: Lt. j.g. Thomas Hudner, Ensign Jesse L. Brown, and the Medal of Honor
Thomas Hudner had no idea how things were going to unfold on Dec. 4, 1950. As a carrier-based U.S. Navy …
Aerospace
Less Than a Year After His Death, Charlie Kaman’s Helicopters Achieve Another First
On Dec. 17, 2011, the Marine Corps 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing used a Kaman K-MAX unmanned helicopter to make the …
Red Tails Movie Review
Although the amazing story of the Tuskegee Airmen has been told by Hollywood before (HBO’s The Tuskegee Airmen), Red Tails …
North American’s F-107 Was the “Ultra Sabre” and Perhaps the “Ultra Might-Have-Been”
On Sept. 10, 1956, test pilot Bob Baker took off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to complete the maiden …
Pearl Harbor: The Army Air Forces Fight Back
Pearl Harbor was primarily a naval battle, but America’s Air Force was also caught up in the fighting. There were …
The Identity of a World War II Airman Remains a Mystery
Denise Gamino, a reporter for the Austin American-Statesman, has been trying for almost a decade to find a young man …
Brilliant Mistakes: The Bat Bomb
To advance military capabilities, nothing works better than an innovative idea that hasn’t been tried before – sometimes. Ever since …
High Flight: The Most Famous Aviation Poem Is Born
“An aeroplane is not to us a weapon of war, but a flash of silver slanting the skies; the hum …
B-17 Crash Highlights the Debate Over Flying Warbirds
A World War II B-17G Flying Fortress bomber named Liberty Belle was destroyed by fire on June 13 after an …
What Happened to Blue Grass Girl?
Seconds after “bombs away” over Berlin, 1st Lt. Lewis K. Cloud hauled back on the control yoke, applied rudder, and …