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ST PETERSBURG, FL - APRIL 14: Actor Bill Cobbs attends the Sunscreen Film Festival Opening Night at Baywalk Muvico on April 14, 2010 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images)

Before Bill Cobbs was a successful actor, he served in the Air Force

7 pranks that can only be done in the military

91-year-old Air Force Captain becomes oldest person to fly into space

91-year-old Air Force Captain becomes oldest person to fly into space

By Miguel Ortiz

This World War II ace shot down 19 enemy planes in just 6 missions

difference between f-16 and f-18

6 differences between the Air Force’s F-16 and the Navy’s F-18

By Harold C. Hutchison

An airman repairs a B-29 bomber

Airmen volunteered to repair a WWII B-29 Superfortress … and it’s going to fly again

By Tessa Robinson

This WWII aviation program was more expensive than the Manhattan Project

This WWII aviation program was more expensive than the Manhattan Project

By Miguel Ortiz

This B-29 is the only bomber to become a jet ace

By Miguel Ortiz

Ghillie Suit Guide: Where to buy and how to make your own

Ghillie Suit Guide: Where to buy and how to make your own

By Tessa Robinson

5 differences between Navy and Air Force fighter pilots

What it took to fly the world’s first stealth attack jet

What it took to fly the world’s first stealth attack jet

The amazing thing the SR-71 did the day before its retirement

The amazing thing the SR-71 did the day before its retirement

By Blake Stilwell

photo collage of Miss America Madison Marsh

USAF officer makes history as first active duty Miss America

By Tessa Robinson

Volunteers around a table track Santa on phone calls

NORAD declassifies Santa’s location

By Tessa Robinson

5 things you didn’t know about the Su-57 5th-generation fighter

By Miguel Ortiz

Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg

Today in military history: Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg

WATCH: B-21 Raider stealth bomber flies for first time

WATCH: B-21 Raider stealth bomber flies for first time

By Miguel Ortiz

garrison veteran

5 reasons to remember the garrison veteran, especially on Veterans Day

By Uncle Walkie

Air Force and Space Force raised their enlistment age limit to 42

Air Force and Space Force raised their enlistment age limit to 42

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: USAF pilot scores first jet-to-jet combat victory

A-36 mustang dive bomber.

This was the dive-bomber version of the famed Mustang

By Harold C. Hutchison

F-20 tigershark is the plane that almost beat f-16.

This is the plane that almost beat out the legendary F-16

By Harold C. Hutchison

medal of honor winner james swett shot down enemy aircraft.

This Medal of Honor recipient shot down enemy aircraft on his first time out

By Tim Kirkpatrick

First black general Benjamin O Davis standing in front of his aircraft.

Today in military history: First black general in the USAF

An older retired sailor stands next to a younger sailor in uniform.

8 reasons why everyone knows you were in the military

By Blake Stilwell

military troops loading onto an airplane.

7 reasons the Air Force hates on the Army

inchon landing operation

Here’s what you should know about the Inchon Landing Operation

By Jessica Evans

Watch: Top 5 most intense air battles of WWII

air force pilot space kill

This Air Force pilot scored the first and only air-to-space kill

By Miguel Ortiz

airman wilbanks

This airman earned the Medal of Honor providing close air support in a Cessna with his M16

By Miguel Ortiz

berlin airlift civilians

The Berlin Airlift turned Germany into a beacon of hope in one year

Today in military history: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier

military aircraft nicknames

The official unofficial nicknames of 5 modern military aircraft

By Miguel Ortiz

project marauder laboratory

Project MARAUDER: A history of the Air Force plasma cannon

All about the No-Fly List and how to get on (or off) it

By Bethaney Phillips

Why a NATO general defied the Supreme Allied Commander in Kosovo

Why a NATO general defied the Supreme Allied Commander in Kosovo

abandoned air force base

8 haunting photos from an abandoned Air Force Base

By Blake Stilwell

military life hacks

7 key military life hacks that matter in civilian life

That time an RAF pilot stole a plane in grand protest

The fighting spirit of the Mowhawk haircut is sadly unauthorized

The fighting spirit of the Mowhawk haircut is sadly unauthorized

By Eric Milzarski

This aerial dogfight was like a life-sized version of a bee swarm

This aerial dogfight was like a life-sized version of a bee swarm

This Air Force pilot took on an entire anti-aircraft complex – and won

This Air Force pilot took on an entire anti-aircraft complex – and won

By Blake Stilwell

bob ross military

Happy little trees: Bob Ross’s first career was in the Air Force

By Bethaney Phillips

These twin brothers served in three wars

By Miguel Ortiz

Little Rock Nine black students

Today in military history: 101st Airborne escorts Black students as Central High integrates

This friendly fire incident hamstrung the P-38

By Harold C. Hutchison

Bob Ross in Air Force uniform and later in life

Air Force vet Bob Ross painting on sale for a happy little $9.85M

By Miguel Ortiz

Air Force history

Today in military history: US Air Force becomes independent branch

My 9/11 story: ‘We don’t know who did this but we’re going to help kick their ass!’

These NASA nerds made a Franken-bomber, but they weren’t the first to do it

By Harold C. Hutchison

Here are 10 things everyone experiences in jump school

washing machine charlie

This is why Washing Machine Charlie is the most annoying enemy aircraft ever

Operation Linebacker I hanoi

Today in military history: US raids Hanoi

This pilot shot down an enemy fighter with his 1911

By Blake Stilwell

This plane left the SR-71 Blackbird in the dust

By Harold C. Hutchison

Pilot bodies returned home after going missing in Vietnam 54 years ago

By Miguel Ortiz

1,000 bombers took part in largest World War II bombing raid

The time an Air Force Academy ceremony ended in property damage and 15 injuries

The time an Air Force Academy ceremony ended in property damage and 15 injuries

By Miguel Ortiz

The Air Force scored the world’s only supersonic air-to-air gun kill in Vietnam

The Air Force scored the world’s only supersonic air-to-air gun kill in Vietnam

The origin of the A-10 Warthog’s shark mouth goes beyond the Flying Tigers

By Miguel Ortiz

radomes cold war history

A piece of forgotten Cold War history

By Megan Harless

Why the pilot who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima doesn’t have a grave

By Blake Stilwell

This is what happens if you try to illegally enter Area 51

james whitey bulger

How James ‘Whitey’ Bulger went from the Air Force to Alcatraz