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Formation of the 82nd Airborne Division’s Anti-Aircraft Battalion
Origins of American Airborne Forces
In summer 1942, the 82nd Infantry Division trained at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, before the War Department selected it to form...
F-4G escorts B-52 raid without tanker support
As the F-4G crew prepared to take off in ‘Michelob 61’ (F-4G 69 0270, which ended Desert Storm credited with five radar kills), they...
The B-52H cost per flying hour is $69,708 compared with $169,313 for the B-2A
The Legendary B-52: America's Enduring Strategic Bomber
Since its maiden flight in 1955, the B-52 has established itself as a symbol of American air power...
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...
Richard R. Ayesh’s journey as a B-17 Flying Fortress bombardier
From Wichita factory worker to B-17 Flying Fortress bombardier—Richard R. Ayesh's transformation during WWII, from enlistment struggles to combat training.