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A Restored Radio From 1937 Might Have Finally Located Amelia Earhart’s Lost Plane
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (470+ words) A deep sea exploration group has restored a radio identical to the one used by Amelia Earhart in her final flight. The researchers suggest they've been able to determine the location of the aviator's Lockheed Electra plane at 8 a.m. on July…...
Sniper vs Trumpeter: The Normandy Orchard Solo That Stopped a Bullet
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (489+ words) In the summer of 1944, the orchards of Normandy were a deadly labyrinth of hedgerows and hidden snipers. For the men of the Ninth Air Force, life was a cycle of high-speed ground attacks in P-47 Thunderbolts and tense nights on the…...
Tuskegee Airmen P-51 highlights Wings Over North Georgia Air Show ground displays
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (773+ words) A Douglas C-47 Dakota will be one of the airplanes on display on the ground at the Wings Over North Georgia air show April 3-4. Guests at the Wings Over North Georgia air show will be able to tour a massive C-17 Globemaster…...
Tuskegee Airmen P-51 Highlights Wings Over North Georgia Air Show
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (663+ words) Not all the activity at an air show is in the air. There's plenty to see on the ground, too. And this year the Wings Over North Georgia (WONG) Air Show will include a multi-faceted educational tribute to the Tuskegee…...
Overconfidence is how wars are lost − lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan and Ukraine for the war in Iran were ignored
4+ hour, 30+ min ago (1333+ words) Wars are rarely lost first on the battlefield. They are lost in leaders" minds " when leaders misread what they and their adversaries can do, when their confidence substitutes for comprehension, and when the last war is mistaken for the next…...
Returning to Ghosts: A Wyoming Vietnam Vet Faces the War He Left Behind
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (399+ words) After nearly 60 years, Lt. Lee Alley returned to Vietnam'not as a soldier, but as a witness to memory, loss, and the possibility of reconciliation. The Wyoming veteran, once a young officer fighting at the 1967 Battle of Firebase Cudgel, retraced his…...
Wyoming PBS documentary follows veteran’s return to Vietnam
10+ hour, 38+ min ago (213+ words) DUBOIS " After nearly six decades, Vietnam veteran Lt. Lee Alley returned to Vietnam with a different perspective " one shaped not by war, but by reflection, reconciliation and the passage of time. DUBOIS " After nearly six decades, Vietnam veteran Lt. Lee…...
Chuck Norris' 12 Life Principles Leave a Lasting Legacy of Faith and Strength
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (342+ words) Chuck Norris built a reputation as a fighter, actor and outspoken Christian, but behind the public image stood a disciplined life code that guided him for decades. Norris died at 86 years old on March 19, 2026, leaving behind more than films and…...
Did This Amateur Pilot Just Solve the Amelia Earhart Mystery on Google Earth?
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (340+ words) Pilot Justin Myers spots potential aircraft debris on remote Pacific island using satellite imagery Dr. Richard Pettigrew from the Archaeological Legacy Institute isn't dismissing Myers' desktop detective work. "I'm a scientist," Pettigrew told the Today show in October 2025. "There's such…...
Tributes to Wirral D-Day veteran who has died aged 101
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (441+ words) Tributes are being paid to a "true legend" World War Two veteran from Merseyside who has died at the age of 101. John Dennett from Wallasey, Wirral, who was a Royal Navy anti-aircraft gunner and took part in the D-Day landings,…...