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Heinkel He 177: The Bomber That Kept Catching Fire
7+ hour, 21+ min ago (354+ words) por Max Grünwald | 30 de agosto de 2026 | Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar | 0 comentarios Germany went into the Second World War without a modern four-engine heavy bomber, and it spent much of the war failing to build one. The aircraft meant to…...
Avro Shackleton AEW.2: The Piston Radar Plane
1+ week, 4+ day ago (620+ words) di Connor Kerr | 19 agosto 2026 | Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare | 0 commenti In the summer of 1991, the Royal Air Force flew supersonic Tornados, was preparing for the Eurofighter, and had just watched stealth aircraft debut over Iraq. And the aircraft it relied…...
Buchenwald's Lost Airmen: 168 Allied Aircrew
7+ hour, 15+ min ago (360+ words) por Tamika Johnson | 30 de agosto de 2026 | Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar | 0 comentarios In August 1944, 168 Allied airmen — American, British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealander — arrived at Buchenwald concentration camp. They were not spies or saboteurs. They were downed aircrew, men who…...
Isle in Nagasaki offers marvelous landscape, rich religious history | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (104+ words) August 31, 2026 at 07:00 JST The Former Nokubi Church remains in existence on July 7 at a site in Ojika, Nagasaki Prefecture, that was once lined by stone-built terraced fields and residences during bygone days. (Masaru Komiyaji) OJIKA, Nagasaki Prefecture—Though getting there…...
104-year-old WWII veteran, civic leaders celebrate Buffalo Soldiers Monument in Tampa
8+ hour, 5+ min ago (154+ words) TAMPA, Fla. — World War II veteran Roy Caldwell, 104, (center, sitting) poses with retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Raymond Butler, (center, standing in white shirt) Hillsborough County Commissioner Gwen Myers, (left, standing in blue dress), Hillsborough County Commissioner Joshua Wostal (left,…...
National Parks Preserve Aviation History
24+ min ago (220+ words) Mon, Aug 31, 2026 Long before aviation became an everyday part of modern life, it was an experiment carried out on windswept beaches, open fields and military airfields. Today, several National Park Service sites preserve those very places, linking visitors to the…...
REMEMBERING OUR VETS: Decorated WWII veteran recalls ‘terrible’ conditions in France fighting Nazis
26+ min ago (660+ words) MILITARY HONORS: Purple Heart FAMILY: Wife, Bonnie (died in 1997); one son; and three daughters YOUNGSTOWN -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II, once said, "I hate war as only a soldier who has lived…...
Bob Hoover: The Greatest Pilot You've Never Heard Of | Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (645+ words) por Equipo MiGFlug | 5 de abril de 2026 | Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar | 0 comentarios Chuck Yeager — the man who broke the sound barrier — was once asked who the best pilot he'd ever seen was. He didn't hesitate. "Bob Hoover," he said. "He's…...
Foo Fighters: The Lights That Chased WWII Pilots | Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine
2+ week, 2+ day ago (542+ words) por Connor Kerr | 14 de agosto de 2026 | Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar | 0 comentarios In the last winter of World War II, Allied airmen flying night missions over Europe began to see something they could not explain. Glowing balls of light, orange…...
Cornelia Fort: Airborne Over Pearl Harbor
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (868+ words) por Tamika Johnson | 28 de agosto de 2026 | Historia y leyendas | 0 comentarios Just before eight on the morning of 7 December 1941, Cornelia Fort was doing touch-and-goes over Oahu with a student. She was 22, a civilian flight instructor with the Andrew Flying Service, and…...