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Built in complete secrecy by Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, the original U-2A first flew in August 1955. Early flights over the Soviet Union in the late 1950s provided the president and other US decision makers with key intelligence on Soviet…
Dario Leone is an aviation, defense and military writer. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviation Geek Club” one of the world’s most read military aviation blogs. His writing has appeared in The National Interest and other news…
by Joseph Duncan | Oct 17, 2026 | History & Legends | 0 comments A post on Instagram tells his story well. Most of it checks out; a few details are worth sharpening. Kearby had volunteered to lead a four-ship reconnaissance flight over the Japanese bases around…
On October 17, 1940, the Airspeed A.S.39 Fleet Shadower took to the skies for the first time. Developed to shadow enemy naval formations under the cover of darkness, the aircraft featured an unconventional four-engine design optimized for exceptionally slow flight and long endurance.
Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter says the wall will be escorted through Cookeville next Tuesday, Oct. 20, at noon. It will start out at Avery Trace School, go down Spring Street (Highway 70) through town by the Courthouse, all the way down…
As told by James S. Corum in his book Okinawa 1945, when the 19th Fighter Squadron arrived on Okinawa, it was equipped with an amazing new model of the P-47 fighter. On May 25, 1945, the US Army Air Corps, 19th Fighter Squadron, based on Ie Shima,…
More than three miles of Pacific water lay between the Hughes Glomar Explorer and its target in the summer of 1974. On the bottom, 16,500 feet down, rested the wreck of a Soviet ballistic missile submarine. The ship above it was presented…
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Artifacts and historic documents tied to the life and work of Rev. Dr. Leon H. Sullivan are being showcased in Philadelphia as part of a celebration, marking what would have been the civil rights leader's 104th birthday and the 60th anniversary…
Jerry Ewen of Greybull shows his Congressional Gold Medal, awarded for his service as an air ambulance pilot in the Vietnam War. GREYBULL — Jerry Ewen, of Greybull, was recently honored with an interim Congressional Gold Medal for his service as…
by MiGFlug Team | Apr 2, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments On September 6, 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko made a choice that would reshape Western understanding of Soviet aviation. He pointed the nose of his MiG-25 Foxbat toward Japan and flew. What the…