Task Force Normandy Fired the Opening Shots of Desert Storm
At 2:38 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1991, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Tom Drew launched Operation Desert Storm by speaking into …
Aerospace
The American Who Helped Sink the Bismarck
The news that reached London on May 24, 1941, could not have been worse for the Admiralty. The German battleship …
The Top 5 Air Battles of World War II: Big Week (#4)
In contrast to Royal Air Force Bomber Command’s flush of victory after the Hamburg raids in 1943, (see No. 5 …
The Top 5 Air Battles of World War II: The Berlin Raids (#5)
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Travers “Bomber” Harris believed that strategic bombing could win World War II for the Allies. In …
National Hypersonic Ground Test Facility to be Built
A first-of-its-kind in the U.S. facility to test hypersonic technologies will be constructed in the Purdue Aerospace District adjacent to …
The SB2C Helldiver Was a Tough Bird: Remembered First Hand
“I was in the dive at 70 degrees following my leader, thinking he would miss the very narrow Japanese destroyer …
Martin-Baker MB 5: A ‘Most Magnificent’ Might Have Been
Britain’s Martin-Baker MB 5 fighter could have been in service in time to fight in the skies over Germany.
But …
The Sinking of the Battleship Roma and the Dawn of the Age of Precision Guided Munitions
A couple of hours after midnight on the morning of Sept. 9, 1943, a large force of Italian warships – …
The Aircraft Engines of World War II
Engineers began anticipating the engines that would be required for what became the aircraft of World War II as early …
More USAF Aircraft Added to Fight West Coast Fires
Story by Capt. Dusty Culpepper, CONR-1AF (AFNORTH)
Two additional U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft are scheduled to join the Department …