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Alternative History: Could the U.S. Have Won Vietnam War By More Bombing?

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A U.S. Navy N-class ZPG-3W early warning blimp of airship airborne early warning squadron ZW-1 at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey (USA), circa 1960. U.S. Navy.

The Story Of American Airpower Begins With Teddy Roosevelt and Guantanamo Bay

A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-16 flies an antisubmarine patrol low over the battleship USS Washington (BB-56) en route to the invasion of the Gilbert Islands, 12 November 1943. U.S. Navy.

U.S. Navy Air Power Smashed Japanese Carrier Strength At These Battles

The site of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz is pictured during the ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp and International Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day, in Oswiecim, Poland

History Question: Could the Allies Have Stopped Auschwitz from the Air?

How Easy Is It For America's Enemies To Sink A Navy Aircraft Carrier?

The Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan operates with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier JS Izumo (R) in South China Sea June 11, 2019. Picture taken June 11, 2019. Courtesy JMSDF/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS

Russia, China, and Iran Would Love to Take Out a Nuclear Aircraft Carrier. Here's Why They Can't.

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Stories From Airpower

These Five Weapons Are Useful, But Overrated

The Forgotten Role the PBY Catalina Played in World War II

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are Coming, and We Don't Mean Drones

The U.S. Air Force Is Making an Avenger Drone a Reality

Air Power Saved South Vietnam in 1972, But Couldn't Win the War

Can China Really Track the Stealth F-35 and the F-22?

Guns Galore: What You Need to Know About Arsenal Planes

America's B-58 Hustler Bomber Didn't Live up to the Hype

Don't Count the Russian MiG-21 Out

Does the United States Still Need An Air Force?

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