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May 18th, 1953. McConnell’s flying his last mission before rotation home. The F86 Saber he’s strapped … Soviet MiG Pilots Were Terrified When One American Scored 16 Kills in Just 4 Months Over KoreaRead more

On October 9th, 1942, 20,000 ft above a jungle island called Guadalcanal, a 22-year-old American pilot … How One Farmer’s “Crazy Trick” Shot Down 26 Japanese Zeros in Just 44 DaysRead more

In May of 1879, on a wind-scored spit of sand at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, a … 30-30 vs 45-70: One of Them Is a Waste of Money TRead more

1966 Somewhere over Route Pack 1, an F-100 Super Sabre driver puts 11 MiGs out of … Why MiG Pilots Couldn’t Survive F-100 Super SabreRead more

In the winter of 1940, a Luftwaffe bomber pilot was flying over London at 14,000 ft. … The ‘Useless’ Fighter That DESTROYED More German Bombers Than Any Plane in the Blitz !Read more

October 1944 a regimental command post near Nancy France rain beats against the canvas of a … What Patton Did When a Colonel Ignored a Logistics Warning and Ran Out of AmmunitionRead more

October 1944. A cold, rain-soaked regimental command post near Metz, France. Inside a dim, stone basement, … What Patton Did When a West Point Graduate Ignored a Veteran Sergeant’s WarningRead more

October 18th, 1944. Aachen, Germany. The first major German city to fall to the Western Allies. … Why German Officers HATED the American M1911 PistolRead more

November 1944. A frozen, mud-slicked frontline infantry company position near Saarlautern, Germany. Chilled, exhausted American soldiers … What Patton Did to the Bureaucrat Who Inspected Under FireRead more

East bank of the Moselle River near Dornat, France, September 7th, 1944. Hman Gerwald had registered … Why Germans Couldn’t Believe the U.S. Army Crossed the Moselle Under FireRead more