America

On This Day in 1918, One of America’s Most Celebrated Fighter Pilots Scored His First Kill

April 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

Some 97 years ago on this day in history, a danger-prone, thrill-chasing kid from Columbus, Ohio set on his way to becoming one of the most legendary American fighter pilots [read more...]

“Be quick, be quiet, and be on time.”

February 16, 2015 // 3 Comments

Earlier this week, we shared a picture from Lockheed Martin’s publicity page on our Facebook page. Each and every one of those jets pictured in the digital rendering [read more...]

A South Vietnamese Air Force Officer Was Responsible for One of the Craziest Carrier Landings of All Time

by Ian D'Costa in In History

The early weeks of April, 1975 found the USS Midway steaming towards the coast of South Vietnam to link up with a number of other warships including the USS Coral Sea and the USS Enterprise of Task Force 76, standing by to support Operation Frequent Wind, a mass evacuation of all American nationals and as many South Vietnamese military personnel [read more...]