You might not know who Larry Walters was, but once in his life, he fulfilled one of his two lifelong dreams: be a pilot in the United States Air Force View More ›
Larry’s Lawn Chair Launch
January 13, 2022
Space Force: More Than Just Satellites and Star Trek
October 4, 2021
The internet has been abuzz about the New U.S. Space Force, its logo, and uniforms. But what do you really know about the United States’ newest military branch? The View More ›
Happy Birthday, Air Force! You’re Old!
September 22, 2021
September 18th marks the 74th birthday of the United States Air Force. Or, at least, the 74th anniversary of the adoption papers being signed. The Air Force’s Conception When View More ›
A Bridge Too Far: Operation Market Garden Begins on September 17, 1944
September 22, 2021
On September 17, 1944, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden, a bold and dangerous operation they had hoped would catapult their armies across the Rhine, into the heart of Germany, View More ›
Kabul Evacuation Helicopters Had Saigon Ties
September 3, 2021
Pictures of helicopters evacuating the U.S. Embassy in Kabul have already become an iconic image of the NATO withdrawal from the country. Among them were CH-46 Sea Knights – affectionately View More ›
Declassified supersonic spy drone flew multiple failed missions over China in the 1960s
March 28, 2019
This week, the National Reconnaissance Office declassified a trove of documents pertaining to the long defunct “Tagboard” drone program, a reconnaissance effort so ahead of its time that it seemed View More ›
Major Brian Shul’s SR-71 “speed check” story is still the stuff of military aviation legends
March 19, 2019
Although it was introduced way back in 1966, and retired from service a whopping eighteen years ago, the SR-71 Blackbird remains among the most popular military aircraft of all time View More ›
Air Force attempted to intercept UFOs over Washington DC multiple times in 1952
March 15, 2019
Public interest in the possibility of unusual objects flying around in American airspace may be experiencing a resurgence thanks to the revelation that the Pentagon had been secretly funding investigations View More ›
America’s secret Cold War plan to nuke the Moon
March 9, 2019
In 1958, the United States Air Force launched Project A119, also known as “A Study of Lunar Research Flights.” While the US would not visit the moon with a manned View More ›
Footage captured the day before Amelia Earhart’s disappearance may finally end the mystery
February 22, 2019
In recent years, there have been a number of bombshell claims made about the disappearance of famed aviator Amelia Earhart, who went missing somewhere over the Pacific during a record-setting View More ›
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