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What made the Bell X-2 so special? “So good there had to be a sequel.” That philosophy is one that top-dollar movie moguls live and...
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What made the Bell X-2 so special? “So good there had to be a sequel.” That philosophy is one that top-dollar movie moguls live and...
What Made The A-7 Corsair II So Special? Merriam-Webster defines the word corsair as “PIRATE especially: a privateer of the Barbary Coast.” So then, when...
Nakajima B5N, Explained – Last year, I wrote a three-part series for 19FortyFive commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. One of...
The U.S. Navy retired its S-3 Viking fleet from active-duty service in 2016. However, NASA acquired one of these planes back in 2004
“Don’t give me McDonnell’s Voodoo./There’s nothing that she will not do./She’ll really pitch up, she’ll make you throw up,/Don’t give me McDonnell’s Voodoo.” Thus...
How has the T-72’s once-vaunted armor become so vulnerable? It boils down to the so-called “jack-in-the-box” design flaw.
Last year, On 18 September 2022, the United States Air Force proudly celebrated her 75th Birthday. Fast forward to 14 October 2022, and the 75th anniversary...
Whenever a reader asks me to write about a specific weapons system, I do my best to accommodate. With that in mind, one of...
Maverick Arms, under license from Mossberg, makes a low-priced scattergun that provides even more bang for your buckshot.
Alas, the Model 13 went out of production in 1998 whilst the M19 and M66 are still listed in the online catalog. Luckily though,...