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Christian D. Orr

Christian D. Orr

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Two B-52 Tail Gunners Scored America’s Last-Ever Aerial Gunner Kills Over Vietnam

01.06.2025 6

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A1C William Pitsenbarger: The First Air Force Pararescuemen to Receive the MOH

01.06.2025 7

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Hornet Meet Hornet: A Famous MiG-Killing Jet Lands On a Famous Carrier with the Same Name

01.06.2025 10

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Could India’s HAL Prachand Combat Helicopter Best China’s Z-10?

31.05.2025 5

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How Wildcat Ace Butch O’Hare Saved His Navy Carrier From Certain Destruction

31.05.2025 5

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John Levitow Made History as the First Enlisted USAF Airman to Receive the Medal of Honor

30.05.2025 5

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America’s New B61-13 Nuclear Gravity Bomb Has Been Delivered Ahead of Schedule

29.05.2025 10

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Is the B-52J Facing a Fiscal Crisis?

28.05.2025 7

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Chinese Spy Satellites Observe US Jet Fighters and Bombers at Diego Garcia

28.05.2025 30

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Comrade Kim Is Furious at a North Korean Frigate’s Disastrous Launch

27.05.2025 10

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Canada Hates Donald Trump, But Will It Still Purchase the F-35?

25.05.2025 10

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Cessna’s O-1E Bird Dog Provided Valuable Service in Korea and Vietnam

24.05.2025 10

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“Gunslinger”: The AIM-174B Missile Has Been Assigned a Cool New Nickname

24.05.2025 9

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Was Donald Trump’s Ceasefire with the Houthis a Loss for Iran?

23.05.2025 3

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Has a Funding Dispute Shot Down the Navy’s F/A-XX Program?

22.05.2025 5

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Germany Agrees to Meet Donald Trump’s 5 Percent GDP Spending Target

22.05.2025 2

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Is India About to Buy Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Stealth Fighter?

20.05.2025 4

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Was Operation Sindoor a Surprise Victory for India?

20.05.2025 4

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WE 177: The RAF’s Last Nuclear Weapon Is One to Remember

19.05.2025 4

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America Trained British Pilots for War Against the Nazis in World War II

18.05.2025 6

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The Marine Corps Wants Electric Wing-In-Ground Aircraft for a War with China

18.05.2025 10

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Britain’s StormShroud Drone Will Aid the U.S. F-35 By Jamming Enemy Radars

17.05.2025 5

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Three Belgian Soldiers Wounded in Shooting Incident at UK Military Base

16.05.2025 10

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Where Were Pakistan’s F-16s During Its Clash With India?

14.05.2025 10

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Britain’s Newest Astute-class Nuclear Submarine Makes Waves in Operation HIGHMAST

14.05.2025 20

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Sweden to Boost Its Air Transport Fleet via Embraer C-390 Procurement

13.05.2025 5

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Australia’s Army Is Getting Upgraded M1 Abrams Tanks

12.05.2025 5

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The Philippines Is Boosting Its Navy with Turkish-Made Machine Guns

11.05.2025 6

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Indian Tejas vs. Pakistani F-16: Both of These Fighters Jets Are Built With U.S. Technology

11.05.2025 10

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88 Years After the Hindenburg Disaster, Can Commercial Airships Make a Comeback?

10.05.2025 5

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Why Donald Trump Is Cutting the FBI Down to Size

10.05.2025 3

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The Air Force’s New Sentinel ICBMs Are Facing a Silo Shortage

09.05.2025 7

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85 Years Ago, Winston Churchill Began His March to Defeat Hitler

09.05.2025 5

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Hegseth Targets Generals and Old Weapons in New Military Cuts

08.05.2025 10

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Tunisia’s Navy Is Getting a Boost from U.S. Coast Guard Island-class Patrol Boats

07.05.2025 4

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The Battle of Puebla: The 1862 Conflict that Inspired Cinco De Mayo

06.05.2025 20

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Three Heavy Bombers Would Have Led the Soviet Assault on America

05.05.2025 4

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A Lone Soviet KV-2 Tank Crew Risked Everything to Stop a Nazi Advance in 1941

05.05.2025 10

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Operation Eagle Claw: America’s Iran Hostage Rescue Ended in Disaster

05.05.2025 8

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Operation Prime Chance: How USSOCOM Got Its Revenge on Iran

05.05.2025 6

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Vickers Swallow: Great Britain’s Tailless Nuclear Bomber Never Took Off

04.05.2025 8

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Sailor Doug Hegdahl Duped His Vietnamese Captors at the Infamous Hanoi Hilton

03.05.2025 20

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Kyiv’s Mayor Suggests Ceding Land to End the War with Russia

02.05.2025 30

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Is Japan Sending Warships to Cambodia to Spy on the Chinese Navy?

30.04.2025 10

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A Chinese Chengdu J-10 Fighter Buzzed a U.S. Aircraft Carrier at a Saudi Port

30.04.2025 5

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ANZAC Day on the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli

28.04.2025 3

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Vickers Virginia: Great Britain’s Best Interwar Heavy Bomber

28.04.2025 2

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RAAF Huey Pilot John Thynne Had a Hilarious Exit from Vietnam

April 30, 2025, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the United States of America and...

25.04.2025 3

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China Cozies Up to Southeast Asian Nations in Response to Trump Tariffs

The trade war between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is in full swing, with the Trump administration imposing a 145...

25.04.2025 4

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The F-4 Phantom II Has History’s Only Supersonic Air-to-Air Gun Kill

25.04.2025 6

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