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Alone and Unarmed
As unpiloted craft take over the reconnaissance mission, an intelligence insider looks back on the work that set recce pilots apart.
March 2000 |
By Dino A. Brugioni
The Coldest Warriors
Tales from the corridors of an agency so secret that officially it didn't exist.
January 2000 |
By William E. Burrows
Mustang Mania
The staying power of the P-51 proves that a thing of beauty is a joy forever, if you can keep getting parts.
July 1999 |
By Linda Shiner
The Real X-Jet
From Transformers to the X-Men, the Blackbird is still Hollywood's favorite futuristic jet. Here's the real story of its birth.
March 01, 1999 |
By William E. Burrows
That New Black Magic
In the early years of the cold war, enter Kelly Johnson and an clean sheet of paper--long enough to accommodate an 80-foot wingspan.
January 1999 |
By William E. Burrows
Extreme Machine
The U.S. Marine Corps' sword gets a brand-new edge.
November 1998 |
By George C. Larson
Counterpunch
Flying Wild Weasel missions involved a variety of airframes but just one philosophy: Do unto SAMS before they do unto you.
September 1998 |
By Robert Hanson
Heroes Welcome
Fifty years ago, they worked around the clock to keep Berlin from starving. Now, in a year-long celebration, Berlin invites them back.
July 1998 |
By Linda Shiner
Bomberville
In which a tiny air force has an impact far greater than its numbers suggest.
March 1998 |
By Lance Thompson
Change of Command
When Robin Olds arrived in Vietnam, morale soared.
September 1997 |
By Ralph Wetterhahn
Tullo and the Giant
For pilots shot down over North Vietnam, the way home was jolly and green.
July 1997 |
By Robert Hanson
The Edwards Diaries
Test pilot Glen Edwards kept book on the Flying Wing. Now we know what he thought of the airplane he died in.
July 1997 |
By Daniel Ford
Plausible Denial
A daring mission to fly combat in Vietnam came with a catch—no one else could know.
May 1997 |
By Susan Katz Keating
The Last of the Mohawks
Grumman's triple-tail, bug-eyed, heat-seeking camera platform.
March 1997 |
By John Sotham
Escape to U Taphao
In the final days of the Vietnam war, chaos and heroism converged in the effort to evacuate U.S.-supplied aircraft.
January 1997 |
By Ralph Wetterhahn
B-36: Bomber at the Crossroads
It was the biggest warplane ever to wear an American star, and in the summer of '49 the Peacemaker found itself a war--in Washington.
April 1996 |
By Daniel Ford
Getting Out
In April 1975, escaping Saigon meant crowding into a darkened C-130 in the middle of the night.
July 1992 |
By Fred Reed
