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The USS Enterprise's Last Tour
After 51 years of service, the historic aircraft carrier is about to be decommissioned.
November 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
The Flying Emergency Room
One reason more soldiers are making it home alive.
November 2012 |
By Michael Klesius
The Smithsonian Roadshow
Can’t make it to the Museum? There might be an artifact on loan right in your neighborhood.
November 2012 |
By Heather Goss
Cuba During the Missile Crisis
Fifty years later, Cubans remember preparing to fight the Americans.
November 2012 |
By Rafael Lima
Flying in Comfort
75 years ago, the Army Air Corps’ XC-35 launched the pressurized cabin.
November 2012 |
By George C. Larson
Soul of the Skyraider
A U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation pilot describes what it’s like to fly three generations of ground attack aircraft.
August 14, 2012 |
By Linda Shiner
What’s Under the Thames?
Almost 100 aircraft were lost in the river during World War II alone, and it's not certain how many are still to be recovered.
July 27, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
London’s Armed Rooftops
As the world's athletes put on their game face, the British Army prepares for aerial attack.
July 24, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Summer at the Smithsonian
Planning a visit to the Museum? We provide some helpful hints.
July 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Bait and Switch in Libya
Naval aviators push Qaddafi's buttons in a 1981 exercise.
July 2012 |
By Commander Thompson E. Sanders U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Europe’s Typhoon Fighter
For the first time since World War II, fighters are stationed at RAF Northolt.
July 2012 |
By Carl Posey
My Other Vehicle Was a Spacecraft
Now that the space shuttle has retired, astronauts are rediscovering the joys of flying airplanes.
July 2012 |
By Phil Scott
Under the Eurofighter’s Hood
Europe’s frontline fighter is a marvel of technology.
May 21, 2012 |
By Carl Posey
Raptor in the Doghouse
The Air Force's most sophisticated fighter, the F-22, has a problem with its oxygen system, and increasingly, with its image.
May 11, 2012 |
By George Larson
Lin Xu’s Obsession
It started with a search for images of his hometown in China. Hundreds of miles of film later, he can't stop looking.
May 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
