6 Of The Fastest World War II Fighters, Ranked By Top Speed
World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war ...
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Did you know men from Louisiana flew high as Tuskegee Airmen in World War II?
The historic, all-Black unit included more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks from throughout the nation, ...
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The A-1 Skyraider Was America’s First Close Air Support Fighter
That’s because the Pentagon needed a plane that could fly low and hover for protracted periods over a battlefield—a niche that jets couldn’t fill. In other words, the A-1 was America’s original Close ...
Iranian Air Force Will Finally Retire Its F-14A Tomcats: Russian Su-35SE Replacement
With reports that Iran may soon receive its first new fighter jets since the 1979 Revolution (apart from when much of the ...
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All WWII Rifles Ever Used in Combat: From Unusual to Legendary
The Axis powers initially gained success in WWII through advanced weaponry and engineering, with German innovations ...
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World News
By Damien Cave When Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, refused military planes carrying deportees ... in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker ...
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1/28/1935: First Flight of the Potez 62
In July 1935, Air France (AF), which was formed through the merger of five small French airlines, introduced the Potez 62 to its fleet. Its inaugural flight was on a new route connecting London and ...