Flying and Fighting in the B-26 Marauder
“It was not the airplane I wanted to fly. I was horrified because of all the bad stories I had …
Military History
XP-59A Airacomet: The First American Jet Began As A Secret Program
When the Bell XP-59A Airacomet came on the scene during World War II it was shrouded in secrecy and surrounded …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Transition From Guns to Missiles
The U.S. Navy has been in the missile defense business for over six decades. Given such a long history, and …
Book Review – Mission to Tokyo: The American Airmen Who Took the War to the Heart of Japan
With Mission to Tokyo, Robert F. Dorr once again has created a multi-dimensional, multi-layered approach to telling a story of …
The Cuban Missile Crisis: Roots of the Confrontation
The 20th century conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union known as the Cold War thankfully never went …
Expeditionary Warfare Comes of Age in World War II
The United States entered World War II 27 months after it began officially with Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in …
Army vs. Navy in Alaska
Alaska, with respect to American military operations, was caught in a complex crossfire of competing resources, muddled strategic goals, and …
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 …
Appendectomy on a Submarine
The fourth patrol of the USS Seadragon began unremarkably. The submarine left the west Australian port of Freemantle on Aug. …
Book Review – Project Azorian: The CIA and the Raising of K-129
On March 8, 1968, a Soviet missile submarine, the Project 628/Golf II-class K-129, suffered a series of internal explosions and …