Posts Tagged: Author: John Lerit

The Jet That Won the Cold War Before It Even Flew

The Jet That Won the Cold War Before It Even Flew

The Best WWII Fighters Ranked by Combat Performance

The Best WWII Fighters Ranked by Combat Performance

1945 Tragedy: Tuskegee Airmen of the 332nd Fighter Group Fly Heroic Mission Over Germany and Austria, Three Go Missing in Action

1945 Tragedy: Tuskegee Airmen of the 332nd Fighter Group…

WWII Milestone: B-29 Superfortresses Launch Massive Incendiary Raid on Tokyo, Destroying 28,000 Buildings

WWII Milestone: B-29 Superfortresses Launch Massive…

On This Day in 1944: Big Week Ends With 900 Allied Bombers Striking Regensburg and Augsburg

On This Day in 1944: Big Week Ends With 900 Allied Bombers…

How Good Was the P-80 Shooting Star?

How Good Was the P-80 Shooting Star?

Why the F-35B Has a Flap Behind the Cockpit

Why the F-35B Has a Flap Behind the Cockpit

On This Day in 1942: Dive-Bomber Legend Dick Best Leads SBD Strike Against Wake Island

On This Day in 1942: Dive-Bomber Legend Dick Best Leads SBD…

On This Day in 1944: “Big Week” Air Battles Peak Over Germany to Crush Luftwaffe Production

On This Day in 1944: “Big Week” Air Battles Peak Over…

On This Day in 1940: Hawker Typhoon Prototype Takes Maiden Flight, Later Devastates German Tanks

On This Day in 1940: Hawker Typhoon Prototype Takes Maiden…

The Corsair’s Hidden Edge

The Corsair’s Hidden Edge

On This Day in 1942: Fuel-Starved B-17 ‘Swamp Ghost’ Survives Crash and Becomes Aviation Legend

On This Day in 1942: Fuel-Starved B-17 ‘Swamp Ghost’…

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