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AIM-7 Sparrow – An Explainer – When one thinks of predatory birds and their applicability to aerial combat technologies, species like eagles and falcons readily come...
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AIM-7 Sparrow – An Explainer – When one thinks of predatory birds and their applicability to aerial combat technologies, species like eagles and falcons readily come...
Meet the TAC-50: Months back, when I wrote my article on the Barrett M82/M107 .50 caliber sniper rifle, I mentioned the fact that the...
The Consolidated Model 28, better known as the PBY Catalina (U.S. Navy designation; the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF] named her the “Canso”) made...
North Korea’s Submarine Fleet: Just How Dangerous? If the Korean War were to resume – remember, technically the war never actually “ended” in the first...
A former U.S. Air Force officer explains why the Me 262 is so important to aviation history: The Germans have long been innovators in the...
While the chances of a battleship comeback sometime in the future seem dead, we present what many would agree are the finest battlewagons to...
“Dave, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier…” Those of us who are either (A) members of the Baby Boomer Generation or (B) Gen...
The F3D Skyknight made her maiden flight on 23 March 1948 and was officially introduced into operational service in late 1950.
The Nimitz is only the second nuclear-powered American carrier scheduled to be scrapped, the first one being the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), which was commissioned...
Ah, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. One of the most iconic warbirds of WWII, and one of America’s Big Three heavy bombers of that...