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If your star tracker breaks on the way to the moon, just hit Command P.

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USS Intrepid

Restoration: USS Intrepid

Cleaning up an aircraft carrier.
September 2008 | By Phil Scott

The P-47D carried eight guns and, on some models, rocket launchers.

Book Excerpt: Hell Hawks!

How P-47s became the tank busters of World War II
July 14, 2008 | By Robert F. Dorr and Thomas D. Jones

Above & Beyond: The Undertakers

January 2001 | By Gary L. Harris

Flights & Fancy: Adventures in Pararescue

September 2001 | By Will Oliver

Moments & Milestones: Low and Dark

March 2002 | By Stuart Nixon

Operation Hot Wheels

Far away in the Middle East, soapbox racing flies the hearts of military persons back home.
July 2006 | By Allan T. Duffin

Bomb Squad

How airborne detectives collect evidence from a cloud of atomic debris.
July 2000 | By James Schultz

Above & Beyond: Man Overboard!

May 2000 | By Keith Monroe

Microspies

Can tiny aircraft deliver the big picture?
May 2000 | By Peter Garrison

Birth of the Kulbit

Not just maneuverability. Supermaneuverability.
May 21, 2008 | By Roger Mola

Police helicopters and ambulances at the Pentagon, September 11, 2001.

9/11: The Saga of the Skies

Chaos and control over Washington, while the Pentagon burned.
May 15, 2008 | By Lynn Spencer

The Coldest Warriors

Tales from the corridors of an agency so secret that officially it didn't exist.
January 2000 | By William E. Burrows

Above & Beyond: "Cleared in Hot"

September 2001 | By Russell Gregory

In the Museum: Over 50 and Fabulous

July 2001 | By Richard P. Hallion

Dog of War

Think of Yankee Lima Four Two as a time machine: Jump in and you're back in Vietnam.
July 2001 | By Stephan Wilkinson

Flights & Fancy: When Bad Things Happen to Good Drones

May 2001 | By O.H. Billmann

Above & Beyond: Stealing the Show

May 2001 | By Doug Hinton

A rugged amphibian, the Grumman G-21 served both commercial airlines and militaries alike.  The U.S. Coast Guard flew the JRF version as a transport and anti-submarine aircraft.

In the Museum: Beautiful Goose

May 2001 | By F. Robert van der Linden

General H.H. Arnold Special

Made in the U.S.S.R.

Of course they copied it. The two airplanes could have been twins. But was the Soviets' Tu-4 truly an exact duplicate of the Boeing B-29?
March 2001 | By Von Hardesty

Moments & Milestones: And They're Off!

January 2001 | By Charles Spence

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