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Sometimes, the best “Red Air” comes from the private sector.

The no-nonsense general made airpower work in some of the toughest environments.

A 1935 crash almost killed the B-17 program. The accident led to the modern checklist, and the B-17 su

At the time, the Globemaster II crash near Tokyo was the worst air disaster in history.

The crash reports were a sobering litany of human error and design problems that are unthinkable by to

In 1962, Operation Dominic regularly lit up the sky above the Pacific Ocean with nuclear yields up to

Throughout the Cold War, USAF crews took advantage of the air corridors to Berlin to spy on the Soviet forces in East Germany.

Boeing and the Air Force struggled to build B-29s and train their crews in time for the planned offens

In 1933, T. R. Milton enlisted as an Army private. Ten years later, the future four-star general was l

North Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa Bridge was a critical but seemingly invincible target. It took years of brav

The German Army was on the march through France until aerial reconnaissance led the Allies to a critic

By the time he died at 38 in the very first B-52 crash, Fleming had served impressive careers in both

The Army Air Forces turned to dive-bombers for accuracy, but the A-24 Banshee found itself in the wron

Paul Johnson led the rescue team to a downed F-14 pilot just as Iraqi forces were moving in.

In the waning days of World War II, the US turned worn-out bombers into missiles targeting Germany. It

In Europe and Korea, Gen. Otto Weyland showed how airpower should support the ground forces.

Fifty years ago, a Soviet missile shot down Francis Gary Powers and his exotic spyplane.

Imperial Japan committed a startling number of airpower stupidities.

The little UAV had an inauspicious start. Things have picked up considerably.