Omer Paul Demeuldre rose from aviation mechanic to French WWI flying ace, claiming 13 aerial…
Rockwell International became a Cold War aerospace and defense giant behind the B-1 Lancer, Space…
The Bell ARH-70 Arapaho was meant to replace the US Army’s OH-58D, but rising costs,…
The story of VA-112, a US Navy attack squadron that evolved from piston-engine fighters to…
The Bell XP-77 was a lightweight WWII fighter built largely from wood, but engine delays,…
Georg Meyer was a German WWI flying ace who claimed 24 aerial victories, led Jasta…
The rise and fall of Arado Flugzeugwerke, from its post-WWI revival to the Nazi war…
The Fleetwings BQ-2 was a WWII unmanned assault drone designed to carry a 2,000-pound warhead,…
Harry Julian Allen developed the blunt-body theory that made safe spacecraft reentry possible, shaping the…
The six-decade story of the US Navy’s Gunslingers, from A-7 Corsair II combat in Vietnam…
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