A couple of weeks ago, I ran a history blurb on the A-10A Thunderbolt II and it’s impressive GAU-8 Avenger gun system. The system was wildly successful, and provided a massive amount of damage to an enemy element with little cost (bullets are substantially cheaper than missiles and bombs). BothContinue Reading
Many Soldiers that have returned from the front lines will tell you of the importance of close-air-support (CAS). The A-1 Skyraider fulfilled this role in the Korean War, entering service a year too late for World War II. By the Vietnam War, the F-4 Phantom II had adopted this roleContinue Reading
Often when we hear the term “gateway to the West” we have images of the Arch in St. Louis pop into our minds. After all, St. Louis was one the first major cities on the western banks of the Mississippi. St. Louis served as the main western point of AmericanContinue Reading
XB-70 Ship Number 1 in her permanent home at the National Air and Space Museum in Dayton, Ohio. 8 June 1966, a day of horror depending on where you were sitting. Fireballs and explosions would have rained down from the heavens as an angel fell from the sky. Cast outContinue Reading
War is fought in many ways. It can be fought in a meeting room in an argument, a shouting match, or a passionate speech in which one side argues with another. It can be fought on a front line, where steel coffin tanks line a battlefield, and men cross swords,Continue Reading
6 June 2019, marked the 75th anniversary of the Allied Invasion of Normandy in what we commonly call D-Day. This is a milestone for us as historians, but also as a society. The 75th anniversary marks the last major milestone anniversary where any survivors will be among us. It signifiesContinue Reading
Within the confines of history live stories. That’s what history is an abundance of, really: stories. Those stories are what can make history so compelling and so mesmerizing that it can leave any person starry-eyed. That being said, often times there are stories of embellishment, but as history has taughtContinue Reading
