102-Year-Old Priest Finally Awarded Medals For His Wartime Service
On June 18th, U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter and retired U.S. Army Major General Steven Best arrived at the home of 102-year-old veteran, chaplain, educator, and…
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library Reopens After $29 Million Renovation
The Truman Presidential Library and Museum has re-opened after a two-year-long $29 million renovation that has updated the museum into a fascinating tour through the…
An English Electric Canberra Flies Again!
After a three-year restoration process, the Temora Aviation Museum, Australia, has completed the successful test flight of their English Electric Canberra TT.18 WJ680. The flight,…
Little Bird Helicopter May Soon Be Out Of Service
The AH-6 and MH-6 Little Birds may be coming to the end of their 40-year career, according to some conversations within the U.S. Special Operations…
The Bantam Battalions: Little Men With A Big Impact
Discrimination was probably not a word you’d hear coming from a commander’s mouth in WWI. In 1914, many of the top brass in the British…
USS Midway Museum Takes Delivery Of Its Freshly Restored A-7 Corsair II
In early June, the USS Midway Museum took delivery of an A-7 Corsair II that has recently finished a thorough restoration. The aircraft, on loan…
5 Facts About The Siege Of Tobruk That Show Hope Is Never Lost
As the only deepwater port in Eastern Libya, Tobruk was strategically important to all combatants involved in North Africa. Before British forces arrived in Tobruk,…
US Veterans Excavate The Wreckage Of A B-24 Liberator In Sussex
A team has gathered in Sussex, England, to recover the bodies of two airmen who were lost in a violent crash in the British countryside…
Little-Known Facts About the Hit Korean War Series ‘M*A*S*H’
The popular television show M*A*S*H (1972-83) was the result of a collaboration between former military surgeon H. Richard Hornberger and writer W.C. Heinz, to create…
Statistician Abraham Wald’s Counterintuitive Insight Saved Lives
Abraham Wald was a Hungarian mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of statistical analysis in the first half of the 20th century. One…
US Army Looking At New Long-Range Missiles For Their Apache Helicopters
The U.S. Army is on the hunt for a new long-range air-to-ground missile for their AH-64 Apaches. Advancements in air defenses over recent years have…
AC-130J Ghostrider Crew Awarded for Saving 88 Lives
A ceremony was held on June 22nd, 2021, at the Hurlburt Field Air Base in Florida to award the crewmen of an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship…