Michael W. Michelsen Jr.
The Flyer’s Wall at the Mission Inn
Discover the Flyer's Wall at California's historic Mission Inn, a unique aviation tribute honoring legendary…
The Hung-Over Heroes of Pearl Harbor
Discover the remarkable true story of Kenneth Taylor and George Welch, the Pearl Harbor pilots…
The Missing Man Salute
Learn the history behind the Missing Man Formation, the aerial tribute performed by veteran aviators…
The Final Flight of B-24 Liberator 41-1133
Discover the story of B-24 Liberator 41-1133, which crashed during a WWII training mission in…
The Officer Who Could Have Thwarted the Attack on Pearl Harbor…But Didn’t
The story of Kermit Tyler, the officer at Pearl Harbor who dismissed a critical radar…
The Day the Air Force Bombed Montana
Discover the remarkable true story of when a U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 bombed ice…
Snuffy Smith: The Irascible, Unforgettable Hero
Explore the story of Medal of Honor recipient Maynard “Snuffy” Smith, a difficult yet heroic…
The Case of the Snowbound Soldier
A frozen World War II airman discovered in California’s Sierra Nevada led investigators on a…
Making Aircraft Survivable: Abraham Wald’s Counterintuitive Armor Theory
Abraham Wald’s World War II survivability theory revealed how bomber armor should be placed, using…
Operation Freeze
In 1944, Marine Corsair pilots in the South Pacific turned high altitude flights into an…
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