To learn to shoot from a bomber, World War II airmen went to the movies. The ball turret, like this one on a B-17 in England in 1943, was designed...
Photo Credit: HUM Images / Universal Images Group / Getty Images The 1913 Gettysburg Reunion was an event held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its namesake battle. The engagement,...
When America’s first aerial cameraman met an infamous spirit photographer, the chemistry was explosive Despite the best efforts of many investigators, no one was able to solve the riddle of...
Photo Credit: U.S. Navy, Office of Public Relations / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (Colorized) On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a devastating attack on US naval forces based...
The Pentagon has tried twice this year to mothball one of its aircraft carriers, but it keeps getting shut down An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down....
D-Day Battle for Easy Red & Fox Green Beaches Amid bullets and shells, blood and death, the men of the 1st Infantry Division helped turn the tide of battle during...
USS Iowa is a large battleship of the US Navy, equipped with up to 9 406 mm caliber guns installed in the ship’s 3 main turrets, which are capable of...
It’s also helping geologists better understand plate tectonics. Unearthed in the largest mine in Botswana, the Okavango Blue Diamond is on display to the public for the first time. Courtesy...
A new study dives deeper into the amazing adaptations of the cephalopod brain. The California two-spot octopus (Bimaculoides) is the first octopus species to have its genome sequenced and is...
“Patches” Amidst the chaos of World War II’s skies, the B-25 Mitchell, particularly the bomber known as “Patches,” epitomized resilience. This aircraft, marked by 400 bright yellow patches, served as...