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The Spitfire: Engineers Kept Improving Britain’s Best Fighter

Nothing Says Battle of Britain like the Spitfire On March 5th 1936 at Eastleigh Aerodrome near Southampton, England, the prototype Supermarine Spitfire took to the skies for the first time.…

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Bismarck Sea: This is How Allied Crews Decimated a Japanese Convoy From the Air

Using More Than a Dozen Different Aircraft the Aussies and the Yanks Combined for a Near-Total Victory Beginning on 2 March 1943 and lasting over the next two days, a…

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Good to the Last Drop! Hawaii to New York Non-Stop in a Twin Mustang

No Fuel to Spare, But They Eeked Out a Record That Still Stands. On 27 February 1947, Colonel Robert E. Thacker (pilot) and Lieutenant John M. Ard (copilot) took off…

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Lucky Lady II: The B-50 That Flew the First Non-Stop Around-the-World Flight

It Only Took 94 Hours in the Air and More Than 23,000 Miles on the Odometer! On 26 February 1949 the Boeing B-50A-5-BO Superfortress, Air Force serial number 46-010, named “Lucky…

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PHOTO ESSAY: The WWII Museum Is an Avgeek Must-See!

The National World War II (WWII) Museum in New Orleans covers all aspects of WWII. It emphasizes the personal dimensions of combat, often told through first-hand combat accounts of soldiers,…

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Hell Hath No Fury Like the Sea Fury

One of Today’s Most Popular Warbirds Is Also One of the Few Prop Fighters to Shoot Down a Jet. On February 21st 1945, the prototype Hawker Sea Fury flew for…

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WATCH: Task Force 58 Wreaks Havoc on Japan

These Were the First Raids on the Home Islands Since the Doolittle Raid Nearly Three Years Before Between the 16th and 17th of February 1945, US Navy Task Force 58…

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Operation Jericho: Heroic RAF Pilots Used Mosquitos to Bust German Prison Camps in WWII

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Flown by Aces, The F4U Corsair Carried Allies to Victory in the Pacific

The Corsair Proved That Early Technical Setbacks Can Be Overcome On 13 February 1943, the Vought F4U Corsair flew its first operational mission when Guadalcanal-based Marine Fighter Squadron ONE TWO…

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Channel Dash: Luftwaffe Fighters Escorted German Navy Ships

The Channel Dash Was a Big Boost to Nazi Morale and a Scandal for Churchill. Between 11 and 13 February 1942, 250 Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke Wulf Fw 190…

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FAA’s ‘Operation Bongo Mark 2’ Proved Supersonic Flights Over Land Weren’t Feasible

Sonic booms caused too much damage to be allowed over land in the continental United States. On February 3, 1964, The Federal Aviation Administration launched Operation Bongo Mark 2 to…

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A P-3 Orion Turboprop at 46,000+ feet? It happened!

The Orion’s Spectacular Performance Was Proven Repeatedly By CDR Lilenthal and Crew On February 4th 1971, Patrol Plane Commander CDR Donald H. Lilienthal, flying P-3C Orion BuNo 156512 (c/n 5506), set…

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The Spitfire: Engineers Kept Improving Britain’s Best Fighter

Bismarck Sea: This is How Allied Crews Decimated a Japanese Convoy From the Air

Good to the Last Drop! Hawaii to New York Non-Stop in a Twin Mustang

Lucky Lady II: The B-50 That Flew the First Non-Stop Around-the-World Flight

PHOTO ESSAY: The WWII Museum Is an Avgeek Must-See!

Hell Hath No Fury Like the Sea Fury

WATCH: Task Force 58 Wreaks Havoc on Japan

Operation Jericho: Heroic RAF Pilots Used Mosquitos to Bust German Prison Camps in WWII

Flown by Aces, The F4U Corsair Carried Allies to Victory in the Pacific

Channel Dash: Luftwaffe Fighters Escorted German Navy Ships

FAA’s ‘Operation Bongo Mark 2’ Proved Supersonic Flights Over Land Weren’t Feasible

A P-3 Orion Turboprop at 46,000+ feet? It happened!

Kyle Newsom Captures the Magic of the Blue Angels in Ultra Hi-Def

Watch These Stratotankers do a Rare Fin Fold!

That Time an F-14 Intercepted a Concorde