The time has come to honor the men and women who fought in Operation Desert Storm with a memorial in Washington, D.C. the approved design is an ode to the final stage of that conflict, the last 100 hours of a 1,000-hour fight. And while ...
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The first Friday of the month was usually a welcome break for the pilots of the 510th and 555th Fighter Squadrons, both part of the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base in northern Italy. The pilots and families would...
Chuck Horner is the most successful air commander since World War II. In the summer of 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and overran the country in two days. President George H.W. Bush declared Iraq’s aggression would not stand and began building...
Having lost territory to Stalin in 1940, then sided with Hitler to win it back, Romania landed itself on the wrong side of World War II. For fighting men like Lt. Constantin “Bâzu” (“Buzz”) Cantacuzino, there was seemingly little choice...
A map pinned to the wall in a basement 36 years ago will go on display in November at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The map, used to identify strategic targets across Iraq in the fall of 1990, was used in the planning ...
Michael Wynne, the 21st Secretary of the Air Force died Oct. 17. He was 82 years old. Wynne was Secretary from 2005 to 2008, a stretch of time when the U.S. military was struggling to quell insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Army was ...
A historic Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is now on permanent display at the National Air and Space Museum’s Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The exhibit debuted Oct. 21, showcasing the first operational stealth aircraft at one of the most visited aircraft museums in the world.
More than 40 years after the original YF-117 operational prototype flew test runs from a Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility, an F-117 returned for a $1 million refurbishment to look its best when it assumes its place in history alongside other iconic aircraft on permanent ...
Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians and officers will soon join an exclusive club of troops allowed to sport a beret marking their special community and service.