WWII-era squadron reactivated as MQ-9 Reaper drone unitThe 431st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron will be a tenant unit of the 8th Fighter Wing based at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea.By Zita Ballinger Fletcher3 weeks ago
Lt. Col. George E. Hardy, youngest Tuskegee Airman, dies at 100Hardy was the last surviving combat pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen who served overseas.3 weeks ago
A bullet struck his heart at Pearl Harbor. His widow just returned it.After 84 years, the Japanese bullet that was once lodged in the heart of sailor Dean Darrow was returned to the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Museum.By Claire Barrett3 weeks ago
How Hitler’s fear-inducing ‘flying bomb’ ushered in drone warfareThe V-1 "flying bomb" could accurately be described in today’s nomenclature as an unmanned aerial vehicle — moreover, as the first suicide drone. By Zita Ballinger Fletcher3 weeks ago
Man in Italian supercar chases world record atop aircraft carrierA driver off Italy’s central coast has made a bid for a new world record for the fastest car on a boat.4 weeks ago
One man’s memory sparks search for US soldiers he saw executed in WWIIRetired firefighter Benjamin Broadwell Hagans, 96, has emerged as an eyewitness to the savage executions of three soldiers in 1942, The War Horse reports.By Ken McLaughlin, The War Horse5 weeks ago