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Sikorsky Boeing Defiant X: New Helicopter Includes Many Sought After Features

Ian Harvey

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

Guest Author

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

Ian Harvey

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

Ian Harvey

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

Ian Harvey

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…

“It was very interesting work” – Lincoln University Graduate Drafted into U.S. Army Early in Vietnam War

Jeremy Amick

Editor’s note: This article is the first in a four-part series highlighting the life and Vietnam War experiences of the late Roger Buchta. In the…

Sword stolen from a statue is returned 40 years after the theft

Ian Harvey

Cindy P. Gaylord, head of the Historical Commission in Westfield, Massachusetts, was astounded when she was approached to take back a sword stolen from the…

Only Memorial to Anne Frank in the US Vandalized by Morons

Ian Harvey

The Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise, Idaho, was vandalized with  swastikas early morning on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. Nine stickers with swastikas and…

US Coast Guard to Send Icebreaker to Arctic for National Security

Ian Harvey

The US Coast Guard’s only long-range icebreaker, the Polar Star, would typically head to the Antarctic to help with the resupply of the McMurdo Station.…