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Monday, December 12, 2011

Firepower Breakdown - AC-130U Spectre

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The AC-130U model Spectre. This particular aircraft is in operation with the 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida. ...
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Friday, December 9, 2011

Bomber Breakdown - Petlyakov Pe-8

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The Petlyakov Pe-8 was a Soviet heavy bomber designed before World War II, and the only four-engine bomber the USSR built during the war.  ...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

From the Pages - The USS Dale at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

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By Michael Keith Olson, author of Tales from a Tin Can: The USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay . _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011

From the Pages - Misdiagnosing the Threat to Pearl Harbor

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By William Hopkins, from The Pacific War: The Strategy, Politics, and Players That Won the War _  _  _  _  _  _   _  _  _   _  _  _ The Ja...
Monday, December 5, 2011

Military Snapshot - USS Missouri Celebrating Anniversary of Japanese Surrender

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The last battleship built by the United States, the USS Missouri  was the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan which ended World Wa...
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Friday, December 2, 2011

Warbird Breakdown - Lavochkin La-7

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The Lavochkin La-7 was a piston-engined Soviet fighter developed during World War II by the Lavochkin Design Bureau (OKB). It was the final...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

From the Pages - Bloody Nose Ridge (Part 2 of 2)

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The following is the second of a two-part excerpt ( see Part 1 here ) from Dick Camp's Last Man Standing   in which men from the legenda...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

From the Pages - Bloody Nose Ridge (Part 1 of 2)

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The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, remains one of the most iconic, and controversial, battles in U.S. Marine Corps his...
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