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On July 11, 1940, the only Vought Corsair prototype crash-landed on a Connecticut golf course,…
The Kawanishi E15K Shiun made its first flight on December 5, 1941. Designed as a…
By Moreno Aguiari The most famous photograph of the American Volunteer Group (AVG), commonly known…
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National…
by Stephen Chapis On June 29, 1921, the 104th Observation Squadron was federally recognized at the…
by Stephen Chapis In the most recent issue of Warbird Digest, we highlighted the Bealeton,…
by Richard Paver If you’re unfamiliar with the term rephotography, it involves the process of…
Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military…
by Richard Paver If you’re unfamiliar with the term rephotography, it involves the process of…
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided…
On June 24, 1942, the first production Vought-Sikorsky F4U-1 Corsair, Bu. No. 02155, made its…
From an original article by the Naval History and Heritage Command The U.S. Navy’s offensive…
By Pete Mecca Arranging an interview quickly turns into something even more exciting when the…
From the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution's newsletter One hundred years…
Advertorial In 2020 the United States Air Force awarded LIFT Airborne Technologies an OTA Agreement…
By Stephen Chapis At first glance one might mistake it for an F-16A of the…
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