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Operation Homecoming 1973: The Hanoi Taxi Flies the POWs Home
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1219+ words) by Tamika Johnson | Oct 9, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments A column of buses stops beside a bomb-damaged hangar at Gia Lam Airport, Hanoi, just after noon on 12 February 1973. Inside are 116 American prisoners of war in identical new jackets that their…...
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1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1180+ words) by Fortuné Leroy | Oct 9, 2026 | Aviation World, History & Legends | 0 comments Lufthansa Flight 181 zigzagged across the Mediterranean, the Gulf and the Horn of Africa while governments closed their runways against it. In Aden its captain was murdered in front of his passengers....
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New clues explored in the mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (37+ words) FOX 32 Chicago Author Mark Shaw discusses Dorothy Kilgallen’s 1937 reporting, her theory about Amelia Earhart’s disappearance and a new Purdue University expedition searching for Earhart’s plane....
New expedition tries to solve Amelia Earhart mystery: "We owe it to Amelia's legacy"
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The Soviet Pilot Who Flew a Jet Under a Bridge
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (528+ words) by Tamika Johnson | Jul 8, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments He flew a jet fighter under a bridge, at close to 700 kilometres an hour, and lived to tell the tale. The reasons have blurred into legend. Some accounts describe a dare…...
The Handley Page Victor: Nuclear Bomber Turned Tanker
1+ week, 1+ day ago (567+ words) by Connor Kerr | Jul 2, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments The wing also housed the four engines buried deep in the roots, giving the Victor an unusually clean and elegant profile. With its high T-tail and sleek fuselage, the Victor was…...
Gary Sinise at 70,000 Feet: Lt. Dan, the U-2 and a Life Spent Thanking Troops
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (584+ words) by Tamika Johnson | Oct 4, 2026 | History & Legends, News | 0 comments On 8 June 2011, Gary Sinise strapped into the back seat of a two-seat U-2 at Beale Air Force Base in California, sealed inside a pressure suit, and climbed to 70,000 feet. Down below, America knew…...
Leo Thorsness: Wild Weasel Medal of Honor Pilot
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1293+ words) by Connor Kerr | Oct 2, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments Johnson was understating it. In about four hours the pair had knocked out two surface-to-air missile sites, shot down a MiG-17, damaged another, flown back into North Vietnam alone to guard…...