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Presidents’ Day pause: How ‘Uncle Sam’s Web-feet’ helped swing an election for Abe Lincoln
The U.S. Navy’s triumph at Mobile Bay, combined with victorious Federal ground campaigns in Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia, helped reelect Abraham Lincoln and doomed the Confederacy to defeat.
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WWII bombardier in ‘Flying Tigers’ dies
Maj. Richard Sherman flew dozens of missions in the volunteer group.
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These Medal of Honor recipients were men of God
Both priests lived and died for the grunts they loved.
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The power of a picture: The Wright Brothers take off
An iconic photo of the first takeoff by the Wrights on December 17, 1903, has been widely represented as the birth of manned, powered, controlled flight. But the actual moment arguably came on the fourth flight that day.
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Here’s why Hap Arnold, a practical visionary, became the ‘father of the Air Force’
The only five-star general in the service’s history made the Air force what it is today.
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Former Vietnamese jailer says he respected Sen. John McCain
In Vietnam, mourners pay tribute to former American POW who worked to bring the two countries together.
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US deports former Nazi camp guard, 95, to Germany
The deportation is the first for a Nazi war crimes suspect since John Demjanjuk in 2009.
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70 years after Berlin airlift, vintage aircraft get some TLC
Airmen at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, spent part of their weekend restoring a Douglas C-47 Skytrain and a Douglas C-54 Skymaster that took part in the historic mission.
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Screaming Bird of Prey: How the Ju-87 Stuka exceeded its life span and carried the Luftwaffe through WWII
The “little bomber” was almost obsolete even before WWII began, but it managed to terrorize ground troops and destroy tanks far beyond its planned replacement.
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The atomic bomb that faded into South Carolina history
Sixty years ago, on March 11, 1958, an Air Force bomber dropped a nuclear weapon on a farm in the rural Mars Bluff community outside Florence. The radioactive payload either wasn’t loaded in the warhead or didn’t detonate — the stories differ.
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Presidents’ Day pause: How ‘Uncle Sam’s Web-feet’ helped swing an election for Abe Lincoln
The U.S. Navy’s triumph at Mobile Bay, combined with victorious Federal ground campaigns in Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia, helped reelect Abraham Lincoln and doomed the Confederacy to defeat.
-
WWII bombardier in ‘Flying Tigers’ dies
Maj. Richard Sherman flew dozens of missions in the volunteer group.
-
These Medal of Honor recipients were men of God
Both priests lived and died for the grunts they loved.
-
The power of a picture: The Wright Brothers take off
An iconic photo of the first takeoff by the Wrights on December 17, 1903, has been widely represented as the birth of manned, powered, controlled flight. But the actual moment arguably came on the fourth flight that day.
-
Here’s why Hap Arnold, a practical visionary, became the ‘father of the Air Force’
The only five-star general in the service’s history made the Air force what it is today.
-
Former Vietnamese jailer says he respected Sen. John McCain
In Vietnam, mourners pay tribute to former American POW who worked to bring the two countries together.
-
US deports former Nazi camp guard, 95, to Germany
The deportation is the first for a Nazi war crimes suspect since John Demjanjuk in 2009.
-
70 years after Berlin airlift, vintage aircraft get some TLC
Airmen at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, spent part of their weekend restoring a Douglas C-47 Skytrain and a Douglas C-54 Skymaster that took part in the historic mission.
-
Screaming Bird of Prey: How the Ju-87 Stuka exceeded its life span and carried the Luftwaffe through WWII
The “little bomber” was almost obsolete even before WWII began, but it managed to terrorize ground troops and destroy tanks far beyond its planned replacement.
-
The atomic bomb that faded into South Carolina history
Sixty years ago, on March 11, 1958, an Air Force bomber dropped a nuclear weapon on a farm in the rural Mars Bluff community outside Florence. The radioactive payload either wasn’t loaded in the warhead or didn’t detonate — the stories differ.
-
Presidents’ Day pause: How ‘Uncle Sam’s Web-feet’ helped swing an election for Abe Lincoln
The U.S. Navy’s triumph at Mobile Bay, combined with victorious Federal ground campaigns in Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia, helped reelect Abraham Lincoln and doomed the Confederacy to defeat.
-
WWII bombardier in ‘Flying Tigers’ dies
Maj. Richard Sherman flew dozens of missions in the volunteer group.
-
These Medal of Honor recipients were men of God
Both priests lived and died for the grunts they loved.
-
The power of a picture: The Wright Brothers take off
An iconic photo of the first takeoff by the Wrights on December 17, 1903, has been widely represented as the birth of manned, powered, controlled flight. But the actual moment arguably came on the fourth flight that day.
-
Here’s why Hap Arnold, a practical visionary, became the ‘father of the Air Force’
The only five-star general in the service’s history made the Air force what it is today.
-
Former Vietnamese jailer says he respected Sen. John McCain
In Vietnam, mourners pay tribute to former American POW who worked to bring the two countries together.
-
US deports former Nazi camp guard, 95, to Germany
The deportation is the first for a Nazi war crimes suspect since John Demjanjuk in 2009.
-
70 years after Berlin airlift, vintage aircraft get some TLC
Airmen at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, spent part of their weekend restoring a Douglas C-47 Skytrain and a Douglas C-54 Skymaster that took part in the historic mission.
-
Screaming Bird of Prey: How the Ju-87 Stuka exceeded its life span and carried the Luftwaffe through WWII
The “little bomber” was almost obsolete even before WWII began, but it managed to terrorize ground troops and destroy tanks far beyond its planned replacement.
-
The atomic bomb that faded into South Carolina history
Sixty years ago, on March 11, 1958, an Air Force bomber dropped a nuclear weapon on a farm in the rural Mars Bluff community outside Florence. The radioactive payload either wasn’t loaded in the warhead or didn’t detonate — the stories differ.
