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The B-52 Stratofortress pilots perfected low-level flying during the Cold War to operate under Soviet radar systems after the Soviets made significant enhancements to...
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The B-52 Stratofortress pilots perfected low-level flying during the Cold War to operate under Soviet radar systems after the Soviets made significant enhancements to...
A U.S. Air Force B-52G Stratofortress strategic bomber crashed near Goldsboro, North Carolina, in 1961 — dropping 2 Mark 39 Mod Two hydrogen bombs...
The Soviet Union built the K-19 nuclear submarine to compete with U.S. nuclear submarine programs. Captain Nikolai Zateyev believed the K-19 was unfit for...
The U.S. Army built 3,200 M48 Patton tanks—a Cold War workhorse that fought through Vietnam, helped Israel crush Egyptian and Syrian armor in the...
In April 1986, a U.S. Air Force SR-71 Blackbird launched from RAF Mildenhall in eastern England on a routine six-hour Cold War reconnaissance mission...
The U.S. Navy’s Seawolf class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines (SSNs) are extremely impressive warships, and back in the day, they seemed like The Next Big...
Anytime I ever brought up Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the tragedy we call the Admiral Kuznetsov, U.S. Naval officials either laugh or cringe. As...
There is something almost theatrical about the way USS New Jersey kept refusing to retire. But sitting standing on the deck of the USS...
In the early 2000s, I visited the USS Connecticut in dry dock while she was getting repairs, completely out of the water, and the...
Iran Saved the A-10 Warthog: The A-10C Thunderbolt II, known as the “Warthog,” got another extension on its long life this week, with the...