Meet the pilots executing the rare Navy-Air Force Super Bowl flyoverThe flyover is set to include two B-1s, two F-15C Eagles and a pair each of Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35C Joint Strike Fighters.By Hope Hodge Seck5 weeks ago
Efforts underway to preserve first WWII Devastator torpedo bomberA team of maritime and naval conservation organizations are on a mission to save the last viable U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber.By Claire Barrett6 weeks ago
The most dangerous gravesite in the US resides in Arlington CemeteryRichard McKinley was one of three men killed in America's first nuclear accident. By Claire Barrett5 months ago
An enduring symbol: why troops keep naming things after reptilesFrom cobras to gators, reptilian mascots and call signs appear on patches, aircraft and unit logos across every branch. Why?By Clay Beyersdorfer5 months ago
How Hitler’s fear-inducing ‘flying bomb’ ushered in drone warfareThe V-1 "flying bomb" could accurately be described in today’s nomenclature as an unmanned aerial vehicle — moreover, as the first suicide drone. By Zita Ballinger Fletcher6 months ago
Remembering the Shenandoah, the Navy’s first rigid airshipOn Sept. 3, 1925, the airship Shenandoah ZR-1 — translated to “daughter of the stars” — crashed in three sections over Ohio. By Karen Scanlon6 months ago