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The A-10 training guide from the 1970s was a hilarious coloring book

By Blake Stilwell

6 urban legends about Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

By Blake Stilwell

The top US fighter ace of World War II Europe was almost rejected as a pilot twice

By Friedrich Seiltgen

The Air Force legend who stole a Nazi plane received a massive funeral flyover

By Blake Stilwell

Air Force veteran Sam Eckholm is focused on good military stories and stunning imagery

By Shannon Corbeil

5 Seldom-told tales about Air Force legends

By Blake Stilwell

‘The Battle of Palmdale:’ The Air Force’s most embarrassing dogfight

By Friedrich Seiltgen

Why the SR-71 Blackbird is the only aircraft with the SR designation

By Blake Stilwell

‘The Babyface Gunner’ took one of World War II’s most dangerous jobs at age 14

By Friedrich Seiltgen

This look inside the B-2 Bomber is so detailed it should be classified

By Warrior Scout

How ‘The Fastest Man on Earth’ tested supersonic ejection seats on himself

By Blake Stilwell

What it takes to be a presidential pallbearer

The proposal to turn the A-10 Warthog into a firefighter

By Miguel Ortiz

50 years ago, he saved a team in Vietnam. Now, he’s trying to find them.

The Air Force said goodbye to its last KC-10 Extender aerial tanker

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: US pilots get green light to destroy anti-aircraft targets

Today in military history: Senates approves female combat pilots

Exciting Air Force jobs you didn’t know about

By Jessica Evans

Air Force’s newest tanker flies around the world for the first time

By Miguel Ortiz

The Air Force is bringing back Warrant Officers

By Miguel Ortiz

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

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

By Harold C. Hutchison

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

By Tessa Robinson

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

By Miguel Ortiz

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

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

By Blake Stilwell

USAF officer makes history as first active duty Miss America

By Tessa Robinson

Lt. Col. John Pardo of ‘Pardo’s Push’ fame dies at 89

By Miguel Ortiz

NORAD declassifies Santa’s location

By Tessa Robinson

Today in military history: Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg

Gemini and Apollo astronaut Col. Frank Borman dead at 95

By Miguel Ortiz

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

By Harold C. Hutchison

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MIGHTY 25: 100-year-old Tuskegee Airman James Harvey has a legacy of service

By Jessica Manfre

Today in military history: First black general in the USAF

That time the USAF intercepted a pilotless Soviet fighter

The Soviets ripped off this strange Boeing transport plane

By Harold C. Hutchison

Watch: Top 5 most intense air battles of WWII

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

By Miguel Ortiz

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

By Miguel Ortiz

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

Today in military history: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier

Project MARAUDER: A history of the Air Force plasma cannon

What is the US Air Force Rapid Dragon program?

8 haunting photos from an abandoned Air Force Base

By Blake Stilwell

That time an RAF pilot stole a plane in grand protest

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

By Blake Stilwell

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

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

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: US Air Force becomes independent branch

The history and design behind the legendary A-10

By Miguel Ortiz

The rules of engagement problem that doomed pilots over Vietnam

‘Warriors in their Own Words’ – How the Wild Weasels cleared enemy skies over Vietnam

By James Elphick

This plane left the SR-71 Blackbird in the dust

By Harold C. Hutchison

The Forward Air Controllers of Vietnam

Air Force-funded white paint could replace air conditioning

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

By Miguel Ortiz

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

By Blake Stilwell

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

This test pilot dressed as a gorilla to mess with other Air Force pilots

By Blake Stilwell

This video vividly shows that the A-10 is all about the BBRRRRTT!

By Orvelin Valle