Author: David Brooks

The Montana-class battleships are the best “what if” in U.S. Navy history. They were a period when battleship engineering was straining at the seams, only

If you’ve followed the war in Ukraine, you’ve likely noticed how the headlines have grown darker with each passing month. Russia’s aerial campaign has escalated

Aircraft carriers have long been symbols of navy dominance—formidable symbols of military strength beyond the reach of the country. For Russia, there was ambition, pride,

The battle for Avdiivka has been among the strongest examples of what this war is—a battle of logistics and stamina as much as strategy and

The 100th Bomb Group—long remembered as “the Bloody Hundredth”—gained a place in World War II history that few squadrons could equal. Their legend was not

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When average folks envision an F-35A Lightning II flight, they envision stealth missions, cutting-edge avionics, and air combat in the era of high technology—saving a

Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan’s disappearance in 1937 remains one of the biggest aerial mysteries. Nearly a decade and a half ago, the mystery

Few technologies have revolutionized the nature of war as rapidly as drones. What began as hobby planes employed for photography or leisure purposes has become

Decades of sidearm design have been driven by a single central quest: discovering the ideal balance of power, reliability, and user-friendliness. Few contrasts illustrate that

Few planes have seen as much history as the B-52 Stratofortress. Coming off Boeing’s production lines in the 1950s, it has seen decades of technological