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ROBIN OLDS

Why The Legacy Of Robin Olds Lives On In Today’s Fighter Pilots

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 14, 2022
Sunken Ship Locations Could Be Kept Secret By The Military If Amendment Passes

Sunken Ship Locations Could Be Kept Secret By The Military If Amendment Passes

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Jun 23, 2022
Elite British SAS Soldier’s Action-Packed Account Of The Falklands War

Elite British SAS Soldier’s Action-Packed Account Of The Falklands War

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 14, 2022
Kim Astronaut Pilot SEAL Doctor

SEAL-Doctor-Astronaut Jonny Kim Is Adding Pilot To His Crazy Resume

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 9, 2022
Haibatullah Aliza

The Afghan Army’s Last Commander On How His Country Really Fell

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 9, 2022
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63-Year-Old Retired Russian Fighter Pilot Shot Down In Su-25 Over Ukraine

By Howard Altman
Posted on May 24, 2022
Ex-Green Berets Say Horse Soldier Lessons Ring True In Ukraine

Ex-Green Berets Say Horse Soldier Lessons Ring True In Ukraine

By Howard Altman
Posted on May 17, 2022
Doc Schultz Su-27 Red Hats Area 51 Crash

Area 51 Test Pilot Died During Heroic Su-27 Flight: Report

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 7, 2022
A picture of Ukrainian forces in vehicles armed with Javelin anti-tank missiles overlaid on top of a photograph from a recent visit by US President Joe Biden to a Lockheed Martin facility which manufactures these weapons in Troy, Alabama.

New Ukraine Military Aid Bill Isn’t Your Grandfather’s Lend-Lease Act

By Ryan Faith
Posted on May 5, 2022
Azovstal steel plant

Ukrainian Officer’s Defiant Dispatch From Inside Mariupol’s Besieged Steel Plant

By Howard Altman
Posted on Apr 30, 2022
USAF Simulator Train B52 KC135 Fairchild2

The B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold War

By Emma Helfrich
Updated on Apr 29, 2022
Father Flew First F-15 Eagles Into Europe, Son Just Flew Them Out

Father Flew First F-15 Eagles Into Europe, Son Just Flew Them Out

By Jamie Hunter
Posted on Apr 27, 2022
Uss Oklahoma City Vietnam

The One Time North Vietnam’s MiGs Attacked U.S. Navy Warships

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 22, 2022
Unique Soviet Monster Tank Designed To Survive A Nuclear Blast Has Roared Back To Life

Unique Soviet Monster Tank Designed To Survive A Nuclear Blast Has Roared Back To Life

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Mar 31, 2022
F-15 Eagle Driver On What It Is Like Flying Against Ukraine’s Fighter Pilots

F-15 Eagle Driver On What It Is Like Flying Against Ukraine’s Fighter Pilots

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Mar 30, 2022
X-32’s Test Pilot On Why It Lost To What Became The F-35

X-32’s Test Pilot On Why It Lost To What Became The F-35

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Feb 4, 2022
Bug Out To Your Own Decommissioned Atlas Missile Silo For $380k

Bug Out To Your Own Decommissioned Atlas Missile Silo For $380k

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Feb 1, 2022
Space Shuttle Carrying 747 Was Secretly Modified To Defend Itself From Heat-Seeking Missiles (Updated)

Space Shuttle Carrying 747 Was Secretly Modified To Defend Itself From Heat-Seeking Missiles (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jan 28, 2022
An Air Stewardess Fell 33,000 Feet And Lived To Tell The Tale 50 Years Ago Today

An Air Stewardess Fell 33,000 Feet And Lived To Tell The Tale 50 Years Ago Today

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jan 27, 2022
The Secretive U-2 Spy Plane Missions Flown Out Of Norway’s Bodø Airbase

The Secretive U-2 Spy Plane Missions Flown Out Of Norway’s Bodø Airbase

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jan 6, 2022
Enlisted SEAL Team Six Operators Piloted Leased Aircraft According To Founder Richard Marcinko

Enlisted SEAL Team Six Operators Piloted Leased Aircraft According To Founder Richard Marcinko

By Brian O’Rourke
Posted on Dec 28, 2021
SEAL Team Six Founder Richard Marcinko Has Died

SEAL Team Six Founder Richard Marcinko Has Died

By Brian O’Rourke
Updated on Dec 27, 2021
What It’s Like To Live And Work Inside White Sands Missile Range

What It’s Like To Live And Work Inside White Sands Missile Range

By Randy Smith
Updated on Dec 22, 2021
Flying Boats Flew Japan’s Little-Known Follow-On Raid On Pearl Harbor

Flying Boats Flew Japan’s Little-Known Follow-On Raid On Pearl Harbor

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Dec 8, 2021
Tails Of War: Animals Have Made The Rigors Of Combat More Bearable Wherever Troops Have Served

Tails Of War: Animals Have Made The Rigors Of Combat More Bearable Wherever Troops Have Served

By Brian O’Rourke
Updated on Nov 11, 2021
This Myth-Busting Walk-Around Of The Soviet MiG-23 Flogger Fighter Is A Must-Watch

This Myth-Busting Walk-Around Of The Soviet MiG-23 Flogger Fighter Is A Must-Watch

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 10, 2021
The Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War Oddity

The Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War Oddity

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 9, 2021
Disembodied Voices Were Blasted Into The Jungle By The U.S. In Vietnam To Spook The Enemy

Disembodied Voices Were Blasted Into The Jungle By The U.S. In Vietnam To Spook The Enemy

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Oct 29, 2021
An OV-10 Bronco Pilot’s Adventure Teaching Thai Flyers Forward Air Control

An OV-10 Bronco Pilot’s Adventure Teaching Thai Flyers Forward Air Control

By Thomas Newdick, ‘Danno’
Updated on Oct 28, 2021
Life On The High Seas Aboard A Tin Can Destroyer During The Cold War

Life On The High Seas Aboard A Tin Can Destroyer During The Cold War

By Juan Rivera
Updated on Oct 22, 2021
Become One Of The Last Starfighters By Buying This Pristine Mach Two Capable F-104

Become One Of The Last Starfighters By Buying This Pristine Mach Two Capable F-104

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 8, 2021
Confessions Of A Navy F-14 Fleet Pilot Turned F-5 Aggressor

Confessions Of A Navy F-14 Fleet Pilot Turned F-5 Aggressor

By Francesco “Paco” Chierici and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Sep 28, 2021
Confessions Of An A-6 Intruder Pilot

Confessions Of An A-6 Intruder Pilot

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Sep 28, 2021
The Army Acquired Its Own Hovercraft In The 1980s. It Didn’t Go Well.

The Army Acquired Its Own Hovercraft In The 1980s. It Didn’t Go Well.

By Brian O’Rourke
Updated on Sep 23, 2021
Two NATO Fighters Accidentally Flew Behind The Iron Curtain 60 Years Ago Today

Two NATO Fighters Accidentally Flew Behind The Iron Curtain 60 Years Ago Today

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Sep 16, 2021
Looking To The Past And Thinking Of The Present As We Reflect On 9/11 And Never Forgetting

Looking To The Past And Thinking Of The Present As We Reflect On 9/11 And Never Forgetting

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Sep 11, 2021
What 9/11 Was Like For The Only American That Watched It From Space

What 9/11 Was Like For The Only American That Watched It From Space

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Sep 11, 2021
Previously Unreleased Photo Shows Secret Service Armored Limos Damaged On 9/11

Previously Unreleased Photo Shows Secret Service Armored Limos Damaged On 9/11

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Sep 8, 2021
Five Decades After Evacuating The Embassy In Saigon The CH-46 Phrog Did It Again In Kabul

Five Decades After Evacuating The Embassy In Saigon The CH-46 Phrog Did It Again In Kabul

By Adam Kehoe and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Aug 17, 2021
Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers

Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 11, 2021
New Light Shed On The Once Top Secret Tacit Blue Aircraft By Veteran Program Manager

New Light Shed On The Once Top Secret Tacit Blue Aircraft By Veteran Program Manager

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Aug 10, 2021
This Kamikaze Impact Mark On A British Cruiser Is A Testament To The Brutality Of The Pacific War

This Kamikaze Impact Mark On A British Cruiser Is A Testament To The Brutality Of The Pacific War

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 27, 2021
Final F-14 Demo Crewman Remembers Legendary Tomcat Demo Pilot Dale “Snort” Snodgrass

Final F-14 Demo Crewman Remembers Legendary Tomcat Demo Pilot Dale “Snort” Snodgrass

By LCDR Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka
Updated on Jul 26, 2021
The Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like Launcher

The Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like Launcher

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 14, 2021
You Can Bug-Out To Your Own Cold War Communications Bunker For A Cool $695,000

You Can Bug-Out To Your Own Cold War Communications Bunker For A Cool $695,000

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jul 13, 2021
Marines Had An “Aircraft Carrier On Land” With Catapults And Arresting Gear In Vietnam

Marines Had An “Aircraft Carrier On Land” With Catapults And Arresting Gear In Vietnam

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 9, 2021
The B-17 Bomber’s Combat Debut 80 Years Ago Today Was A Fiasco

The B-17 Bomber’s Combat Debut 80 Years Ago Today Was A Fiasco

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 9, 2021
The Most Replayed Carrier Crash In History Happened 70 Years Ago Today

The Most Replayed Carrier Crash In History Happened 70 Years Ago Today

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 23, 2021
The Soviet-Era Hurricane High-Speed Missile Boat Had Absolutely Gargantuan Hydrofoils

The Soviet-Era Hurricane High-Speed Missile Boat Had Absolutely Gargantuan Hydrofoils

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jun 12, 2021
Texan F-16 Viper Appears In Vietnam-Era Green And Tan Camouflage

Texan F-16 Viper Appears In Vietnam-Era Green And Tan Camouflage

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 10, 2021
What It Was Like Dogfighting In The F-14 Against America’s Secret MiG Squadron

What It Was Like Dogfighting In The F-14 Against America’s Secret MiG Squadron

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 3, 2021
These Sailors Releasing Their Shipmates’ Bodies Into The Sea Is Worth Thinking Of This Memorial Day

These Sailors Releasing Their Shipmates’ Bodies Into The Sea Is Worth Thinking Of This Memorial Day

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on May 31, 2021
A Boeing 707 That Survived The ‘Black September’ Hijacking Spree Is Getting Scrapped

A Boeing 707 That Survived The ‘Black September’ Hijacking Spree Is Getting Scrapped

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 11, 2021
With No Ejection Seats, Skyknight Fighter Crews Slid Down A Tunnel To Salvation

With No Ejection Seats, Skyknight Fighter Crews Slid Down A Tunnel To Salvation

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 5, 2021
Bin Laden Raid Pilot Says Unique Marine Air-To-Air Course Likely Saved Him From Pakistani F-16s

Bin Laden Raid Pilot Says Unique Marine Air-To-Air Course Likely Saved Him From Pakistani F-16s

By tyler rogoway and jamie hunter
Posted on May 3, 2021
Royal Navy Is Painting Its Patrol Boats In WWI-Style Dazzle Camouflage

Royal Navy Is Painting Its Patrol Boats In WWI-Style Dazzle Camouflage

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Apr 27, 2021
The Hunt For A Soviet Submarine Desperately Trying To Sneak Through The Strait Of Gibraltar

The Hunt For A Soviet Submarine Desperately Trying To Sneak Through The Strait Of Gibraltar

By Juan Rivera
Updated on Apr 23, 2021
Articulated Gun Pods Allowed Soviet Aircraft To Fire Backwards, Downwards, And Even Sideways

Articulated Gun Pods Allowed Soviet Aircraft To Fire Backwards, Downwards, And Even Sideways

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Apr 12, 2021
The Cheyenne Attack Helicopter Had A Crazy Rotating Gunner’s Seat Right Out Of Star Wars

The Cheyenne Attack Helicopter Had A Crazy Rotating Gunner’s Seat Right Out Of Star Wars

By Brett Tingley and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 2, 2021
Special Operations Command’s New A-29 Super Tucano Pays Tribute To World War II Air Commandos

Special Operations Command’s New A-29 Super Tucano Pays Tribute To World War II Air Commandos

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Mar 29, 2021
Canada’s CF-105 Arrow Interceptor Is The Cold War Legend That Refuses To Die

Canada’s CF-105 Arrow Interceptor Is The Cold War Legend That Refuses To Die

By Stephen Walker
Posted on Mar 25, 2021
The Soviet Union’s Railway-Based Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Had An Inflatable Nosecone

The Soviet Union’s Railway-Based Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Had An Inflatable Nosecone

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Mar 10, 2021
Yes, The U.S. Navy Also Took The Spitfire Into Battle During World War II

Yes, The U.S. Navy Also Took The Spitfire Into Battle During World War II

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Mar 5, 2021
New Docs Show 1983 NATO Exercise Led To The Soviets Arming 100 Jets For Nuclear War

New Docs Show 1983 NATO Exercise Led To The Soviets Arming 100 Jets For Nuclear War

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Feb 18, 2021