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Drunk Irish SAS Soldier Who Destroyed 100 Aircraft In WW2

How the Smallest Fighter of WW2 Scared the Luftwaffe Out of the Sky – Yakovlev Yak-3

Missing German Ace Found 60 Years Later?

Once upon a time, there was an aircraft designed to fly with 52 gallons of Vodka to keep its 3 crewmembers comfortable during the flight. Whatever vodka wasn’t used up during the flight would be divided up between the flight crew and the maintenance crew on the ground. Though it may seem fictional, this was […] More

May 2023

The Fighter With Six Engines And A Nuclear Bomb

In the 1960s, Republic started a daring new project led by the same people behind the legendary P-47 and F-84. This aircraft, however, was different. It was the Cold War, so it just had to be an aircraft that was also capable of carrying a nuclear bomb. Later on, this aircraft would prove to be […] More

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The Bizarre Airplane Design That Shook Up Aviation

During the 1960s, developing a double delta wing aircraft was seen more as an unproven technology, and seen as a rather ambitious project. Because of its unstable design, the double delta configuration encountered issues. However, little did the Swedish know that they would discover a new maneuver- the Cobra. Here’s how the Saab 35 became […] More

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The Toughest Fighter of World War II

On January 25, 1943, Joe Foss, a fighter pilot from the Marine Fighting Squadron 121, had just spotted a formation of over 100 Japanese bombers and Zeroes approaching the island of Guadalcanal. Foss immediately knew that he was outgunned and outnumbered, with only 12 men under his command. Aboard his Grumman F4F Wildcat, a more […] More

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The Most Technologically Advanced and Menacing Plane Ever Built by the US

In 2009, approximately 35 years without getting a strategic bomber, the US Air Force built the Long Range Strike Bomber program to build the most technologically advanced bomber. This ambitious program took almost a decade, and the new stealth bomber was finally unveiled in December 2022. Long Range Strike Bomber Program In 2009, the United […] More

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10 Facts About The Yak-15 – The First Soviet jet fighter

First built by the Yakovlev Design Bureau during the mid-1940s, the Yak-15 is the first jet combat aircraft that was adopted by the USSR Air Force. Its history is a striking example of the era of the birth of jet aviation, demonstrating the time of learning about little-known technology, encountering endless difficulties, and just basically […] More

May 2023

Drunk Irish SAS Soldier Who Destroyed 100 Aircraft In WW2

Paddy Mayne was a remarkable figure for the Allies during the Second World War. His story encompasses everything – from punching a Commanding Officer to being one of the most decorated soldiers in the British army. Joining The Reserves Paddy joined the British Supplementary Reserves in March of 1939, six months before Hitler’s invasion of […] More

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Drunk Irish SAS Soldier Who Destroyed 100 Aircraft In WW2

How the Smallest Fighter of WW2 Scared the Luftwaffe Out of the Sky – Yakovlev Yak-3

Missing German Ace Found 60 Years Later?

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