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One of 140 Lockheed P-38 Lightning Mk Is and IIs originally built for France and later diverted to Britain, this aircraft ultimately found a very different role. After being rejected by the RAF for disappointing performance, it was...
Dressed in the short-lived scheme of Norwegian fighter pilot Rolf Arne Berg, Supermarine Spitfire HF Mk.IX RR232 flies over the English Channel. This WW II combat survivor is operated by Boultbee Flight Academy and flies out of the Goodwood...
ONE OF THE TREASURES reaped by the Communists at the end of WW II was the Sui-ho complex that had been built by the Japanese in 1940 after they had occupied the Korean Peninsula. At that time, it had six of the world’s largest turbine...
IN THE MIDDLE OF 1942, after successfully completing basic training in Pecos, Texas, at the controls of a BT-13, I had a decision to make: become a fighter pilot or jump into multi-engine airplanes and fly bombers. I thought I would be a little...
“WE HEARD THE FIRST MIG CALL as we were heading north toward Baghdad. At around 0320, we saw a spear of burning smoke pointed right at us. That was awe-inspiring.” The “burning smoke” was F-15C pilot Captain Steve Tate’s AIM-7 Sparrow kill of...
