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On June 13, 1966, U.S. Air Force Maj. William J. Vinopal climbed into his Convair F-106A Delta Dart, a single-seat, flight interceptor aircraft, for a routine training mission over the lake. It would turn out to be his last flight. Now, over 50 years later, a group of veterans is on a mission to locate the wreckage and recover Vinopal’s remains.
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“It is very important for us for a soldier who lived and died as an American be acknowledged for posterity as an American. It is also equally important for us that a soldier who lived and died as a Jew, be recognized as a Jew.”
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Two heroic American aviators led a spirited defense against the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
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Air Force veteran Mark Gatton got the idea to save the USS Ling and bring it to Louisville, Ky., when he learned that the sub was going to be scrapped in New Jersey.
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While white veterans got into college with relative ease, black service members faced limited options and outright denial in their pursuit for educational advancement.
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A restored F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter, one of the most iconic aircraft in Air Force history, will soon be on permanent display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California.
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What initially began as a sit-in devolved into 444 days of captivity for 52 Americans seized in the embassy.
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The remains of a B-17 Flying Fortress top turret gunner, shot down over Germany in World War II, have been recovered.
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On Oct. 19, 2001, a team of 12 Green Berets with the 5th Special Forces Group's Operational Detachment Alpha 595 were inserted into Afghanistan to liberate the region from the Taliban without tanks or trucks. Just horses.
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From the brutal battle of Tinian to a Tupperware sandwich container to an Oregon charity and back to the family of the killed man who scribbled it.