1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (731+ words) von MiGFlug-Team | 3. April 2026 | Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt | 0 Kommentare The year was 1989. The Cold War had weeks to live. And Viktor Pugachev had just shown the West something its aerodynamic engineers said was aerodynamically impossible. The Soviet aircraft didn't have those…...

12+ hour, 53+ min ago   (213+ words) News and Tribune United States Army World War II veteran Sgt. Charles Whittaker arrives to his 100th birthday party on Wednesday in Jeffersonville. United States Army World War II veteran Sgt. Charles Whittaker is welcomed by friends and family at his…...

14+ hour, 24+ min ago   (92+ words) تلویزیون سفیر Workers discovered a 100-kilogram aerial bomb from World War II in the Neukölln canal in Berlin, prompting the evacuation of thousands of residents in the surrounding area Berlin police have created a 500-meter radius security zone, affecting about…...

21+ hour, 41+ min ago   (790+ words) It takes several minutes to walk the full length of the former secret Soviet industrial plant. For the first decade and a half of the Cold War this long, imposing building was known simply as postbox number 22 and did not…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (496+ words) by Connor Kerr | Jul 17, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments Everyone knows the Lockheed A-12 and its famous descendant, the SR-71 Blackbird — the black, Mach-3 spy planes that outran every missile ever fired at them. Almost nobody remembers the aircraft that nearly…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (216+ words) A Mission For Tourists | The Wall Street Journal - newspaper Magzter The waiter handed out menus rich with options, but as each guest ordered the man repeated, “nyet.” None of the listed dishes were available Only by asking what…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (486+ words) Caesar's 23 words about pain and the case for Alesia as his greatest victory — the double siege, the battle in both directions, and the courage that won it....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (180+ words) At first glance, you might think the Henschel Hs 129 was the perfect ground-attack airplane. Twin engines. A heavily-armored cockpit that protected the pilot from small-arms fire. The aircraft even eventually had the heaviest and most powerful forward-firing cannon ever fitted…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (685+ words) Patton's 48-hour promise at Verdun, December 19, 1944 — the laughter, the pre-planned code words, and the delivery that reached Bastogne on schedule....

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (818+ words) Dr. Norman A. Bailey passed away after a long illness on August 18 in Greensboro, NC. He was 95. A distinguished public servant and teacher, Bailey played a leading role in the Reagan administration’s strategy to defeat the Soviet Union in the Cold…...