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. On March 31, 1943, Second Lieutenant Owen John Baggett was stationed in British India, as part of the 7th Bombardment Group. They had departed on a mission to destroy a bridge at Pyinmana, Burma, and while en route to...
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Perhaps the spookiest aeronautical tale ever told...Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, operated by a four-month-old Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar (the tenth example delivered to the carrier) carrying 163 passengers and 13 crew members, left New York's JFK Airport on Friday, December...
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Astronaut Donald K. "Deke" Slayton (on right) and 1st Lt. Ed Steinman (on left) beside a Douglas A-26 bomber in the Pacific Theater of Operations during the summer of 1945. While the exact location is unknown, the photograph was...
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In the late 1950s, the United States commenced the development of anti-satellite weapons. The first US anti-satellite weapon was the Bold Orion Weapon System 199B air-launched from a B-47 Stratojet, which was tested on 19 October 1959 against the Explorer...
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"Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! We've been struck by a missile," called the voice on the radio.The transmission blared over the headsets of the crew on a KC-135 Stratotanker about to return to base after a successful refueling mission in the midst...
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