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Jim Terry of the Pacific Prowler organization with the last A26A Invader, <i>Special K</i>.

Last of the Invaders

A reader tips us off to the restoration of a rare bird.
May 17, 2010 | By Rebecca Maksel

An Air Force T-38A trainer over Texas.

Batstrike!

A loud thud. A shower of purple-white sparks. This can't be good.
December 14, 2009 | By Randy Gordon

Comrades carry the body of a Canadian soldier during a ramp ceremony. The author attended such ceremonies for 20 soldiers during his six-month deployment.

Above & Beyond: Canadian Helicopter Force, Afghanistan

November 2009 | By Major Jonathan Knaul

Lieutenant Harold Robinson

Steichen Sent Me

Led by famed fashion photographer Edward Steichen, a group of camera men captured the action of World War II naval aviation.
October 01, 2009 | By Mark D. Faram

F-16s from the Ohio Air National Guard patrol over Iraq during Operation Northern Watch in 2002.

Over the No-Fly Zone

Patrolling over northern Iraq in 2001 felt like driving through a small town with Hell's Angels.
September 22, 2009 | By Randy Gordon

A deformed machine gun from the Nakajima Ki-27 spoke volumes to the author (center).

Above and Beyond: Recovery: Bataan

August 2009 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

Flights and Fancy: Brooders vs. Extroverts

August 2009 | By Darisse Smith

Then-Colonel Spector beside an F-16 during transition flight training at Hill
Air Force Base in Utah in 1980.

A&S Interview: Brig. Gen. Iftach Spector

Israeli Air Force Ace, teacher, author
August 2009 | By Peter Mersky

Crew members Russ Holmes, Jack Ruggles, William Vanderkloot, Ron Williams, and John Affleck (left to right) stealthily flew Churchill and other VIPs to crucial meetings around the globe.

Travels with Churchill

A World War II flight engineer dishes on the most “I” of the VIPs he flew with.
July 2009 | By Graham Chandler

Boeing B-47

The Dawn of Discipline

A B-47 pilot remembers when an airplane—and Curtis LeMay—stiffened the spine of the Strategic Air Command
July 2009 | By Walter J. Boyne

Major Dan Cherry (right) and Lieutenant Hong My, in Vietnam last year.

Above and Beyond: My Enemy, My Friend

Dan Cherry and Hong My met in the skies over North Vietnam in 1972, then again 36 years later.
May 2009 | By Dan Cherry

A spacious canopy provided excellent visibility.

Legends of Vietnam: Shoulder to Shoulder

The Grumman A-6 was ugly, but it sure could cook.
May 2009 | By Rafael Lima

Major J.T. Bachmann pulls off the gloves and grins after an engine run in the F-35A.

Marine One

Meet J.T. Bachmann, the first USMC pilot to fly the Joint Strike Fighter.
April 09, 2009 | By Michael Klesius

A & S Interview: Dick Anderegg

A talk with the Air Force historian.
May 2008 | By Patricia Trenner

The three X-15s shared a hangar with lifting bodies (first three on left) at Edwards Air Force Base during the golden age of flight research.

The Real X-Men

Life came at you fast when you flew the X-15.
November 2007 | By Peter Garrison

William Holloman during his World War II flying days.

Tuskegee Memories

This World War II veteran loved flying all airplanes, but especially the Mustang.
August 2007 | By Diane Tedeschi

James Robbins (front row, right) poses with some of his shipmates. Behind him are Lopez (to the left) and Hendersin (to the right).

Buried at the Bottom of the World

When people die serving their country, to what lengths must a government go to recover the bodies?
July 2007 | By Carl Hoffman

A tour of Eighth Air Force history wouldn

In the Footsteps of the Mighty Eighth

A writer searches southern England for traces of a legendary World War II air force.
March 2007 | By John Fleischman

Tales of the F-14

More recollections of the fabled fighter.
September 2006 | By airspacemag.com

Cold war B-52s flew an icy northern route on alert for a Soviet missile strike.

A Hard Day's Night

Cold war B-52s flew an icy northern route on alert for a Soviet missile strike.
September 2006 | By Bill Robinson


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