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The first significant Japanese combatant ship sunk during WWII was submarine I-70, sunk by two SBD Dauntless aircraft from USS Enterprise
Enterprise had shed her first blood in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
On the evening of December 8, 1941, the USS Enterprise...
Over the Keys, two USMC F-4 Phantoms almost shot down two Cuban MiG-17s.
“The two MiG-17s went into a 60-degree port turn. I immediately thought they saw us and I slid to the outside of their turn,...
How US Navy aircraft sank Imperial Japanese Navy’s Oite Kamikaze during Operation Hailstone
The Oite Kamikaze-class destroyer was unique in that, it was sunk entering Truk Lagoon rather than exiting it
Early in 1944, the island base of...
Germans mounted a DB 605A engine to a Spitfire during WWII and was superior to the Merlin version
Compared to the Merlin version, Spitfire's performance with the DB 605 was excellent
Among British aircraft, the Supermarine Spitfire is arguably the most well-known. The...
The USS Austin, an amphibious transport ship being towed by a CH-53 heavy-lift helicopter
The USS Austin LPD-4 is being towed by a CH-53 heavy-lift helicopter in Long Island Sound in the picture in this post
The striking image in this post shows a CH-53 heavy-lift helicopter pulling the USS Austin LPD-4 in Long Island Sound in January 1968.
According to...