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Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons Few planes in history are as easily recognizable or iconic as the F-14 Tomcat. Variable-sweep wings and twin engines helped make it…
Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons World War II took aviation technology to unprecedented levels. Each country competed to control the skies, and engineers tended to push design…
Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons Hypersonic missile technology is revolutionizing the face of global military power at a frenetic pace. These weapons provide a previously unimaginable combination…
Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons The F-22 Raptor has served as the apotheosis of American airpower for over two decades—a stealth fighter with phenomenal maneuverability designed to…
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Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons Guns are as American as the Pilgrims, pioneers, and pratfalls of contemporary politicians. From frontier legend to contemporary defense, guns have pervaded…
Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons Hurricane Katrina was one of the most difficult and instructive tests in the history of American disaster response and the military in…
Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons As World War II came to a close, Japan was on the brink of defeat. Allied forces were closing in relentlessly, cities…
Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons No aircraft in contemporary aviation captures the imagination quite as effectively as the Northrop YF-23 Black Widow II. Conceived at a critical…
Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons When one thinks of the advanced World War II wartime technology, Germany's V-2 missiles and Me 262 aircraft, and other more familiar…
Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons Among all of the planes frightening the skies during World War II, perhaps no plane was as easily recognizable—or as universally respected—as…
Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons The U.S. Navy attack submarines have prowled silently beneath the world's oceans for over four decades, driven by stealth, speed, and cutting-edge…