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World War II
November 2007
Lawrence Spinetta |
Battle of the Bismarck Sea The Battle of the Bismarck Sea doomed Japanese hopes for victory in the South Pacific and proved the might of precision air power. The three-day battle stunned the Japanese military and changed the course of the Pacific war.   |
World War II
Jon Guttman |
Free-for-All Over Rabaul After months of minor raiding, the U.S. Navy's new aircraft carriers took on a major target when they attacked Japan's key bastion in the Solomons in November 1943. |
World War II
June 2005
Walter Hassell |
USS Lexington: Walter Hassell Recalls the Torpedo Attack That Ended Lady Lex Unlike the flight crews, who had performed so well and valiantly, the ground crew and ship's company had been but spectators in the war. All this was to change. |
Aviation History
Timothy J. Kutta |
Britain's Bold Strike From the Sea On Christmas Day 1914, an audacious British air attack on a Zeppelin base in northern Germany caught the Germans with their defenses down. |
Aviation History
July 2007
Don Hollway |
World War II: The Cactus Air Force Fought at Guadalcanal In 1942, a small group of die-hard aviators fended off Japanese invaders at Guadalcanal, code-named 'Cactus.' |
Aviation History
Sig Unander Jr. |
Strike of the Aztec Eagles The only Mexican Air Force unit to serve overseas during World War II fought to liberate the Philippines. |
World War II
Robert Barr Smith |
The Greatest Raid of All The British raid on St. Nazaire, France, eliminated a vital German port facility and cemented the commandos' reputation as redoubtable fighters. |
World War II
Stanley A. Frankel |
Battle for Bougainville: Hell on Hill 700 Losing Hill 700 to the Japanese meant defeat for the American forces on Bougainville. To the men of the 37th Infantry Division, that was unthinkable. |
World War II
John Wukovits |
Battle of Rennell Island: Setback in the Solomons The tactical judgment of Admiral Robert C. Giffen may have contributed to the loss of the cruiser USS Chicago. |
World War II
John Bryant |
Robert Felgar: A Bomber Pilot Remembers An interview with Robert Felgar about being shot down and captured in WWII. |
Aviation History
Ronald V. Regan |
American Volunteer Group: Flying With the Tigers A secretly recruited group of American pilots led by a former aerobatics performer achieved hero status in two nations during World War II and won a permanent place in the annals of aviation history. |
Aviation History
June 5, 2004
C.V. Glines |
Operation Vittles: The Berlin Airlift Fifty years ago, a massive airlift into Berlin showed the Soviets that a post-WWII blockade would not work. |
Aviation History
Kelly Bell |
Air War Over Iraq In May 1941, British forces were fighting to keep Iraq in Allied hands -- a struggle that belatedly involved German and Italian aircraft as well. |
Aviation History
November 2005
E.R. Johnson |
Fourteenth Air Force: Heir to the Flying Tigers Against seemingly overwhelming odds, the diminutive Fourteenth Air Force held the line against the Japanese in China during World War II. |
World War II
August 25, 2004
William B. Allmon |
USS Liscome Bay As the escort carrier Liscome Bay turned to launch its aircraft off Makin Atoll on November 24, 1943, Lt. Cmdr. Sunao Tabata of I-175 found himself presented with a target that submariners dream of. |
Aviation History
July 2005
H. Paul Brehm |
Navy Helldivers Strike Hyuga A raid on the Japanese battleship-carrier Hyuga was an arduous task for fliers of Air Group 87 from USS Ticonderoga. |
Aviation History
May 2007
Kelly Bell |
The Forgotten Few: Polish Airmen Fought During the Battle of Britain Polish airmen fought valiantly against marauding Messerschmitts during the Battle of Britain, only to see their contributions largely ignored at war's end as Poland was absorbed into the Communist bloc. |
Popular Mechanics
November 11, 2008
Andrew Moseman |
The 6 Most Lethal Aircraft in History Aviation experts and warplane veterans take a look at the history of single-engine planes, fighters, bombers and attack helicopters and pick six of the most lethal fliers in the past 100 years. |
Aviation History
September 2006
John W. Whitman |
Japan's Fatally Flawed Air Forces in World War II Japan entered World War II with two well-trained air organizations, but no long-range plan on how to keep them flying. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2008
Dan Koeppel |
The Planespotters: Meet the Geeks Who Stalk America's Airports At any given time, at almost any airport in the world, you can find a small group of strangers intently observing and rapidly photographing the comings and goings at airports. |
Mother Jones
Jan/Feb 2000
Silverstein & Moag |
The Pentagon's 300-Billion-Dollar Bomb The military is committed to stealth aircraft and may never buy another conventional plane. But amid all the hype, stealth's glaring flaws have evaded Washington's radar. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2011
David Schneider |
Drone Aircraft: How the Drones Got Their Stingers Unmanned aerial vehicles come of age |
Aviation History
January 12, 2005
Gerald A. Schiller |
Squadron of Death: Flying and Dying for Hollywood A daring group of former barnstormers introduced American film fans to flying thrills and chills in the 1920s. |
Wired
Andrew Blum |
Key to Eliminating U.S. Flight Delays? Redesign the Sky Over New York City More than 2 million flights pass over the city every year, most traveling to and from the metropolitan area's three busiest airports: John F. Kennedy, Newark, and LaGuardia. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2002
Jim Wilson |
Flexible Flier The Joint Strike Fighter puts the best of every 20th century warplane into one nimble and stealthy package... |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2011
Philip E. Ross |
When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners? Unmanned planes dominate the battlefield, yet airliners still have pilot - -and copilots. |
Salon.com
September 11, 2001 |
U.S. attacked World Trade Center towers destroyed by crashing planes. Pentagon also hit. Thousands feared dead. U.S. says those responsible may have ties to bin Laden, but denies involvement in explosions in Afghanistan... |
Salon.com
August 9, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot When airplanes collide, who is responsible? Are we doing enough to prevent such disasters? |
Macworld
July 3, 2006
Peter Cohen |
WingNuts 2: Raina's Revenge A fantastic sequel to one of Macdom's most beloved original games, WingNuts 2 is a worthy successor -- and it includes tools for crafting your own scenarios, too. |
National Defense
October 2010
Eric Beidel |
Uncertainty, Challenges Mark Future For Military's Unpiloted Aircraft The use of unmanned aerial systems in Iraq and Afghanistan has shown that they are invaluable in uncontested airspace. But questions remain about how the current generation of U.S. drones would fair in unfriendly skies. |
National Defense
March 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Rushes to Deploy Defensive Gear on Aircraft The Army is rushing to field anti-missile systems for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft, seeking to make up for cutbacks that practically zeroed out funding for aircraft survivability equipment during the past five years. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Jeff Wise |
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. |
Salon.com
September 11, 2001 |
What does it all mean? Horowitz: "America is soft." Vincent: "Proud to be a New Yorker." Military expert: Signs point to "the Afghan group." And more reactions... |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2008
Rich Smith |
Northrop to Air Travelers: SAM Is Not Your Friend Northrop announces that its Guardian system -- a heat-seeking, missile-jamming "pod" that can be attached and detached from individual planes as needed to protect them from surface-to-air missiles -- is ready for prime time. |
Popular Mechanics
January 23, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Turns to Engineers for Troop Transport Fix in Iraq: Analysis (With 6 Next-Gen Chopper Designs!) The Army and Air Force will seek Pentagon approval for the development of new aircraft that can carry big loads and land on poorly built, short runways -- or no runways at all. |
