Marine Corps Aviation: Modernizing Before the Storm
Marine Corps aviation is getting new strike fighters, medium-lift tilt-rotors, attack and utility helicopters, and turboprop tanker-transports in advance of …
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The Fall Edition of Defense Now Available to Read Online
Over the past few weeks, printed copies of the fall edition of Defense have been delivered to the desks of …
The Luftwaffe Almost Downs Jimmy Doolittle
On Nov. 5, 1942, as the Torch convoy steamed through a gale, Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and his staff …
Cuban Missile Crisis: Consensus, Announcement and DEFCON-2
The two weeks following the discovery of a Soviet R-12/SS-4 Sandal Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) regiment in Western Cuba …
U-2 Pilot Maj. Rudy Anderson: The Only American Killed During the Cuban Missile Crisis
An American U-2 reconnaissance aircraft high over Cuba took photos of Soviet missile sites capable of launching nuclear warheads at …
Cuban Missile Crisis Anniversary: Discovery
From the moment the first ships of the Anadyr deployment fleet left their moorings, they sailed straight into a network …
C-130J Super Hercules Makes Its Mark at Dyess Air Force Base
Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, is in the processing of becoming the world’s largest operator of the C-130J Super Hercules …
P-3 Orion Marks 50th Anniversary
As the P-3 Orion continues to serve in its 50th year it has seen its role but not its importance …
The P-3 Orion Faces Its Future
The P-3 Orion anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and maritime and over-land patrol aircraft marked its 50th anniversary in service this past …
The P-3 Orion In Service
At the height of Cold War tensions, the chief of the Soviet general staff, Marshal Sergey Akhromeyev said, “I always …