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B-24 ‘Lady Be Good’ – Crashed In 1943, Finally Discovered in 1958

The wreckage of a USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) plane that went missing during its first and last mission in the Second World War…

A-10 Warthog Live Fire Training Mission – Awesome Sound!

This video shows a training exercise of an A-10 Warthog; it shows the A-10 in full action, firing missiles (AGM-65 Maverick), using its cannon (30mm…

WW1 German Submarine To Be Protected By Britain

A project to investigate the locations of eleven known submarine losses that occurred in the territorial waters around the British Isles during WWI is currently…

The New USAF F-35A Is About to Be Declared Ready for Combat

As early as Monday, the US Air Force could declare the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter combat ready. This would mean that the F-35 can,…

USS Arizona – Life and Death of The Ill-Fated Battleship in Pictures

The infamous Pennsylvania-class battleship, the USS Arizona, was built by the United States for the US Navy in the mid-1910s. The battleship class was named…

When 20 (!) P-51 Mustangs Take Off, The Glorious Sound of Humming Merlins Fills the Air!

In 2007, over eighty P-51 Mustangs and hundreds of WWII aviation Legends including Fighter Aces, Tuskegee Airmen and WASPs and thousands of spectators came together…

Big Ivan: The World’s Biggest Bomb Ever Detonated – Tsar Bomba

Heziel Pitogo

The Soviet-made Big Ivan, more commonly known as the Tsar Bomba, holds the record for the biggest bomb in history and here’s why. Big Ivan…

The Record-Setting SR-71 Blackbird

On July 28, 1976, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird set the absolute airspeed record with a blistering speed of 3,529.6 kilometers per hour (2,193.2 mph), which is about…

Up Close And Personal With The Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun

Waqas Ali

The quest for automatic weaponry has been around since the invention of the gun itself, and war engineers have always tried their best to design…

These US Sailors Are Firing the Monstrously Powerful Twin .50 Machine Guns

Joris Nieuwint

Watch these US sailors at sea onboard the USS Firebolt, as they undertake live ammo drills. They’re firing extremely powerful 50 caliber machine guns; the…

The Brightly Painted Heavy Bombers Of WWII in 20 Stunning Pictures!

Assembly ships were retired bombers that were still flyable. They were painted in unique paint schemes so large groups of bombers could find them in…

Top Facts About The Sherman Tank: An American Workhorse

Strength in numbers. This is exactly what the M-4 Sherman tank was good at in its heyday. World War II saw the rise of the…