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In the context of World War Two aviation, the word Hellcat conjures up the Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter plane, the warbird that finally gave...
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In the context of World War Two aviation, the word Hellcat conjures up the Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter plane, the warbird that finally gave...
Back when my very first 19FortyFive article was published, discussing the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, several of our readers requested that I follow up by...
5 Best .38 Special Revolvers: Now 100 plus years after its invention, the .38 Special – though not as ubiquitous in uniformed duty police holsters...
As I noted in recent articles on the Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe jet fighter and the Me 163 Komet rocket-powered interceptor, the Germans have...
In recent years, we at 19FortyFive have published several articles on how Russia’s repeated attempts to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier have ended in...
Late last year, I attended an event at the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, DC, titled “Remembering the Hungarian Freedom Fighters of 1956.”...
When then-Secretary of Defence (SECDEF) Robert Gates decided to abruptly kill the F-22 Raptor program in 2009 – after less than half of the...
The Lockheed Martin SR-72 has not yet even made it past the conceptual stage of development. Yet, it already has at least two distinct...
Though Colt is no longer the market share leader when it comes to M1911 platform semiauto pistols, it was certainly the original producer of...
A few month back, the ever-vigilant Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation hosted its annual China Forum in Washington, DC, highlighting Beijing’s malign behavior in...