Trump Again Asks Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA

President Donald Trump has once again nominated Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, after cancelling his first nomination earlier this year. The tech billionaire and...

The Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer Evolved from the B-24 Liberator

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The Crash That Solved a Mystery: How USAir Flight 427 Changed Aviation Safety

Thirty-one years have passed since the harrowing crash of USAir Flight 427 on the evening of 8 September 1994.I remember that evening with...

B-29 Pilot Does What Nobody Else Has in at Least 65 Years

B-29 pilot Mark Novak recently accomplished what nobody else has in at least 65 years. Last month, he exceeded 1,000 hours flying the iconic...

Go Navy! (For Two Days): When My KC-10 Crew Catapulted Off the USS Eisenhower

In March of 1990, my KC-10 crew was tasked to support a naval exercise over the Mediterranean Sea.The USS Eisenhower was in the...

F-4 Fighter Ace Duke Cunningham has Died

F-4 Phantom fighter pilot ACE, Randy “Duke” Cunningham, has died at age 83. His decorated Navy career in the Vietnam war became the stuff...

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