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Lt. Col. James Harvey III — one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen — grew up in the Northeast’s industrial heartland in the 1920s and 30s, living the "good life"

/PRNewswire/ -- After 76 years as the preeminent voice for American air and space power, AFA today announced it is changing its name to better match its...

Some famous airplanes have become notorious because of the missions they've flown. Others, though, are notable because of the people who've called themselves passengers on board. Howard Hughes and Elizabeth Taylor ring a bell?

On July 15, 1942, a formation of six Lockheed P-38s and two B-17s from the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) were making their way across the northern Atlantic Ocean heading for Great Britain.[1] Using the call sign Tomcat Flight, the small P-38 fighters were escorted by the larger B-17 bombers that had a dedicated navigator and a radio operator on board shepherding their “little friends” on the long journey. While this area of the globe is known for its fickle weather, the summer months were gener...

The Women Airforce Service Pilots during WWII proved they could do it all. Unfortunately, some people didn’t think they should do any of it.

How Nazi U-Boats Went From Hunters to Prey During World War II The Allies were running at first, but they developed counter measures and started to turn the tables on the feared submarines. Key point: The Allies invented new weapons, such as the porqupine-looking grenade launcher, to kill enemy submarines. Allied tactics also evolved and the number of destroyers drastically increased as America entered the war. Cut off in mid-transmission, this contact report came from a U.S. Navy patrol bomber...

United States antisubmarine aircraft played an unsung but vital role in this campaign. Heres What You Need to Remember: This triumph came with a heavy cost. During their time in England, USAAF antisubmarine squadrons lost 12 planes and 102 men due to enemy action, accidents, or causes unknown. Navy patrol bomber losses over the bay amounted to 16 aircraft and 157 crewmen. In return, American sub hunters received credit for sinking 13 U-boats from February 1943 to the end of Biscayan operations...

However, both countries surrendered before the plan was executed. Key point: All great powers learn from each others weaponry. Here is how the Allies copied Nazi V-1 cruise missiles. Exactly one month after the first of thousands of Nazi V-1 “Buzz Bomb” cruise missiles began raining terror and death on London, a Dakota transport plane landed on July 13, 1944, at Wright-Patterson Field in Ohio bearing a sinister cargo: one ton of V-1 parts recovered from dud missiles. This first appeared ea...

‘Tomorrow, the World’ Review: From Isolation to American Empire Where did America’s global dominance begin? In Stephen Wertheim’s view, look to the fall of France in 1940. Crowd in New York City celebrating V-E Day, May 8, 1945. Photo: Universal Images Group/Getty Images By Paul Kennedy Jan. 8, 2021 11:53 am ET How fast it was, really, for America to become No. 1. It took a mere five summers—so short a time in the...

The U.S. Reverse Engineered Hitlers "Buzz Bomb" - And Used It On Japan The U.S. Army Air Force also wanted its own V-1s. It ordered concept work on ten different cruise missiles dubbed the JB (Jet Bomb) 1 through 10. Heres What You Need To Remember: The "Wunderwaffe" had been a strategic liability for the Germans, who shoveled resources into increasingly ludicrous weapons that could have been better used elsewhere. But it was a boon for the Allies, who piggybacked on captured German weapons an...