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The ‘Chopper Popper’ scored the A-10’s first air-to-air kill against an Iraqi helicopter

The ‘Chopper Popper’ scored the A-10’s first air-to-air kill against an Iraqi helicopter

By Blake Stilwell

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104-year-old Marine continues tradition for Corps’ 250th birthday

By Miguel Ortiz

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The first head of the VA was so corrupt, President Harding tried to kill him

By Blake Stilwell

A-10 Pilot's Coloring Book

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

By Blake Stilwell

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Some US troops reportedly saw Bigfoot in Vietnam

By Blake Stilwell

Operation praying mantis

The U.S. Navy unloaded on the Iranians in the most explosive surface battle since World War II

By Blake Stilwell

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

By Shannon Corbeil

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5 Seldom-told tales about Air Force legends

By Blake Stilwell

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3 cheaper ways the Navy could destroy a narco-terrorist drug boat

By Miguel Ortiz

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How cribbage became the card game that rules the Navy’s Submarine Force

By Daniella Horne

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

By Blake Stilwell

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Why Saddam Hussein buried Iraq’s air force in the desert

By Blake Stilwell

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The Navy is spending $1.1 billion on the most successful air-to-air missile in the world

By Miguel Ortiz

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6 reasons why comm guys hate military movies

By Blake Stilwell

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Why the ‘peanut butter’ shot is the most dreaded injection

By Tim Kirkpatrick

A Marine Corps general led a fictional Iran against the US military—and won

By Blake Stilwell

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The US military used compressed air for vaccines for 30 years

By Blake Stilwell

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

By Warrior Scout

A thermal camera image shows an Iranian F-14 on the ground with targeting sites overlaid on it.

Aviation nerds are mourning Iran’s F-14 Tomcats

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The Secretary of Defense wants to change a ship’s name. Here are the untold perils of renaming a vessel

By Blake Stilwell