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China used the Soviet copy of the B-29 to intercept CIA B-17 and P-2 spy flights
The Tupolev Tu-4 was the Soviet copy of the four-engined B-29. In 1952, ten of them were transferred to China as a personal gift...
When 12 Chinese MiGs were scrambled to intercept a lone CIA B-17 spy plane
On the night of Mar. 13, 1958, one Mig-17PF flown by Wang Guo Shan of the 18th Division was the PLAAF’s last chance against...
Mission to Lorient: Early B-17 Combat Operations
A harrowing account of unescorted bomber missions over Nazi-occupied France in 1943, when survival odds were fifty-fifty
The First Mission—May 17, 1943
The 92nd Bomb Group...
WWII aircrew sanitation at operational altitude
Military Aviation Museum tackles aviation's most human problem in groundbreaking exhibit
Every military aviator knows that combat operations don't pause for basic human needs. But...
After Robin Olds shot down his 4th North Vietnamese MiG, he intentionally avoided shooting down a 5th
USAF F-4 Phantom II pilot Ralph Wetterhahn recalled, “I think Robin Olds could have been a double MiG ace if he hadn’t done that.”
During...