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When a Japanese Kawanishi H6K “Mavis” flying boat was brought down by a USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress

The Japanese, who referred to the B-17 Flying Fortress as a four-engine fighter, gave it a bad reputation in the Pacific One of the most...

The Hawaiian Air Depot scheme: the most peculiar B-17 Flying Fortress livery from WWII

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, it was decided that all B-17 Flying Fortress bombers stationed in Hawaii need better camouflage than the USAAC...

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George ‘Bud’ Day, the first jet pilot to survive a ‘parachute-less’ ejection

In the search for an appropriate call sign for...

Cobra vs Apache: Two of the world’s premier attack helicopters

Firepower, speed, logistics, and doctrine—how the AH-1Z Viper and...

The Fiat G.91R fighter bombers operated by the Portuguese Air Force in Angola

None of the Fiat G.91R fighter bombers were deployed...

How outdated WWII tactics and Soviet-manned SAMs led to the loss of 15 B-52s in Operation Linebacker II

Seventy-five Airmen died supporting the operation, 33 of whom...

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