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The Soviet designed R-37 is the most powerful air-to-air missile ever used in combat with few coming close to its potential.
After the Wright brothers developed the first powered airplane, it didn't take long for the military to want to adopt it.
Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot Officer William McMullen, 29, was the only person to die when a Lancaster Bomber crashed in ...
The conflict shows how air combat now happens well beyond visual range and also highlights the growing role of China's ...
Vladimir Putin claimed the Soviet Union “determined the outcome of the Second World War ” as he inspected Russian troops at a Victory Day parade in Moscow. At such a critical moment in US history, we ...
Also in the Middle East, the 1973 Battle of El Mansoura, between Egypt and Israel, lasted just under an hour and involved up to 164 Israeli planes and 62 Egyptian aircraft. Israel suffered the heavier ...
Granite State Flight #53, Order of Daedalians remembered NH’s flying Aces recently. Five have ties to the Seacoast.
After five years under the Nazi jackboot, the Channel Islands were finally liberated on May 9, 1945. But Hitler's 'model ...
On VE Day she recalled: “There was an electric buzz among everyone and eventually the royals came out and waved, and we cheered like crazy, waving whatever we had on us. People climbed on every ...
The country marked Victory in Europe after Germany surrendered to the Allies on May 7 after almost six years of brutal war on ...
A family of six siblings from Cardigan made significant contributions to the war effort, with five enlisting in the Armed forces.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's order for a three-day truce with Ukraine took effect Thursday, a move the Kremlin said ...