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“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why,” the line credited...
Skywarrior: A 5 Minute History – On May 10, 1972, one of the most intense air battles of the jet age raged over the...
Pearl Harbor 2 Thankfully Was No Military Attack – A 5 Minute Explainer: Flames roiled into the sky from dozens of burning ships, creating a...
Russia’s SVT Rifle, Explained: The United States was the first major power to adopt a semi-automatic service rifle during World War II, the M1 Garand....
The 1999 India-Pakistan Nuclear Crisis: The Kargil War- For years, there was a conceit that no two states with nuclear weapons have ever directly...
XF-90, a Short History: In 1945, the U.S. Army Air Force issued a requirement for a “penetrating escort” jet that could accompany comparatively ponderous B-29...
China’s J-10 Fighter, Explained in 5 Minutes: The J-10 “Vigorous Dragon” is a mainstay of China’s effort to modernize its large fleet of single-engine jet fighters, with 350 already in...
P-38 Lightning, the Best Plane of the Second World War? – In 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corps called for proposals for an interceptor capable...
Delta Force To the Rescue: By 2004, US troops in Iraq knew that the success of their invasion and defeat of Saddam Hussein‘s forces the...
Tupolev Tu-144: A 2 Minute History – Early in the afternoon of July 25, 2000, Air France Flight 4590 crashed upon takeoff at the Charles de...
Jagdtiger, Why It Failed: To some minds, bigger is always better—but size can create is many new problems as it solves. Midway through World War II, Nazi...