“Never learned to hate” – Negro Leagues icon Buck O’Neil served with the U.S. Navy in WWII
By Jeremy P. Amick The late Buck O’Neil has ascended to icon status in the annals of professional baseball following his days as a player,…
Captain Tom, The Man Who Raised Millions and Lifted Spirits, Passes at 100
Captain Sir Tom Moore, soldier, fundraiser and household name, has died aged 100. Known worldwide as “Captain Tom”, he’d recently been admitted to Bedford Hospital.…
Two Superb Tank Histories From The Casemate Stable – Review by Mark Barnes
I spend a bit of time haunting a few tank pages on social media and there are clearly die hards out there who can spot…
Frituur Zorro Restorations Volume 2 – Review by Mark Barnes
I am especially pleased to see this wonderful book from our friends at Narwal in the Netherlands. When I reviewed the first volume I engaged…
Sikorsky Boeing Defiant X: New Helicopter Includes Many Sought After Features
Like many armies and navies around the globe, the United States invests billions of dollars annually in equipment that most people sincerely hope will never…
One of World’s Most Decorated Resistance Fighters is now Commemorated at a Leading Five Star Hotel in London.
This courageous woman worked in and helped to organise sections of the French Resistance. During much of that time knowing that this former nurse, journalist…
The “Russian Spitfire” Completes Her Flight Testing
Affectionately known as the “Russian Spitfire” due to her combat heritage flying with the Soviet Air Force during WWII, Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX PT879 has completed…
Oldest living Marine, Dorothy ‘Dot’ Cole, Passes at age 107
One of the first ladies to enlist as a Marine Reservist, Dorothy’ Dot’ Cole, has passed away at the fabulous age of 107. Last September,…
Face The FURY at The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum is offering movie buffs the opportunity to celebrate the Sherman tank in general – and one Hollywood star in particular – in…
“Dreams of flight” – 2008 High School Graduate Becomes Fighter Pilot and Instructor With the U.S. Air Force
Cole Stegeman has fulfilled childhood dream of becoming a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. Now a flight commander of a fighter squadron…
Group of Volunteers Working to Restore Historic Skymaster Plane
A group of volunteers is working to save a Douglas C-54 Skymaster military plane from the scrap heap but COVID and lack of funding threaten…
Tuskegee Airmen Veteran, Theodore “Ted” Lumpkin Dies Aged 100
Theodore “Ted” Lumpkin Jr., a member of the world-famous Tuskegee Airmen, passed away on the day after Christmas in 2020, a few days before his…