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We have sad news to report today, as early this morning we lost Brigadier General Charles Edward McGee, one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the legendary group of African American aviators […]
Despite the Armistice of Cassibile between the Allies and the Kingdom of Italy in early September 1943, air battles still raged in the skies over the Po River Valley for many more months; Hitler’s Luftwaffe […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On January 9, 1943, at the controls of the United States Army Air Forces, Boeing’s Chief Test Pilot, Eddie Allen, made the first flight of the […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On January 9, 1941 test pilot Captain Harry Albert (“Sam”) Brown, O.B.E., (1896–1953) made the first flight of the Avro Lancaster prototype, BT308, at RAF Ringway, […]
By National Museum of U.S. Air Force Led by Col. Robin Olds, OPERATION BOLO used a brilliant deception tactic that destroyed half of the North Vietnamese MiG-21 fighter force, with no USAF losses. In late […]
by Stephen Chapis The late Dave Cannavo was a pioneer when it came to importing Eastern Bloc aircraft, having success in this endeavor even before the Iron Curtain fell. Over the years, we have mentioned […]
The following is an edited version of Kevin “K5” Michels’ article on how the wartime manufacture of Boeing’s B-17 Flying Fortress adapted to get the best and most up-to-date variants of the aircraft to combat […]
One of the things that struck me as we were putting this issue together is the incredible resurgence of flying Hawker Hurricanes that we have witnessed in recent history. I distinctly recall seeing my very […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On November 11, 1956, in Fort Worth, Texas, Convair’s Chief Test Pilot, Beryl Arthur Erickson, takes the first prototype XB-58, serial number 55-0660, on its first […]
THUNDERPIG By Stephen Chapis Photos by Luigino Caliaro If it had not been for the Vietnam War, not to mention feature films Air America (1990) and Con Air (1997), the history of the Fairchild C-123 […]
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