Featured in bomberBYTeam MightyFeb 22, 2024ShareWhy a principal designer of the Stealth Bomber is in a supermax prisonThere are a lot of infamous names sitting in the escape-proof U.S. Penitentiary at ADX Florence – also known as “The Alcatraz of the Rockies.” Here’s another. BYTeam MightyFeb 22, 2024ShareBYMiguel OrtizFeb 16, 2024Share‘Masters of the Air’ Part Five: The ChantThe fifth episode of Masters of the Air provides the audience with some relief from the trauma of Part Four. BYMiguel OrtizFeb 16, 2024ShareBYMiguel OrtizFeb 10, 2024Share‘Masters of the Air’ Part Four: Beat the oddsThe fourth episode of Masters of the Air opens with the difficult reality that America’s Bomber Boys didn’t know if their friends whose Forts went down were alive or not. BYMiguel OrtizFeb 10, 2024ShareBYMiguel OrtizFeb 2, 2024Share‘Masters of the Air’ Part Three: A genius planDid you know Eighth Air Force airmen had a 75% chance of being wounded, captured or killed? Don’t miss Episode 3 of Masters of the Air. BYMiguel OrtizFeb 2, 2024ShareBYMiguel OrtizDec 6, 2023ShareThis British attack was the blueprint for Pearl HarborPlanning for the attack on Pearl Harbor was spearheaded by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto starting in 1941. However, his inspiration came from British Navy Admiral Andrew Cunningham the year before. BYMiguel OrtizDec 6, 2023ShareBYMiguel OrtizDec 6, 2023ShareThe one vote against war with Japan after Pearl HarborAnswering Roosevelt’s request to avenge Pearl Harbor, Congress voted to declare war with 82-0 in the Senate but 388-1 in the House. BYMiguel OrtizDec 6, 2023ShareBYMiguel OrtizDec 6, 2023Share7 other Japanese attacks on December 7, 1941While we’ve all heard of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, there were other coordinated attacks across the world that day. BYMiguel OrtizDec 6, 2023ShareBYLogan NyeDec 5, 2023Share9 times a submarine sank an aircraft carrierEvery once in a while, a submarine gets a real chance at sinking an aircraft carrier and will risk the boat to do so. BYLogan NyeDec 5, 2023ShareBYMiguel OrtizNov 21, 2023ShareWhy Walter Cronkite and 7 other journalists attended aerial gunnery schoolTo give war correspondents a first-hand look at the air war, the U.S. Army Air Forces’ 8th Air Force permitted eight journalists to fly bomber missions over Germany in 1943. Walter Cronkite was one of them. BYMiguel OrtizNov 21, 2023ShareBYMiguel OrtizNov 12, 2023ShareWATCH: B-21 Raider stealth bomber flies for first timeJust under a year after it was shown to the world, the B-21 took to the skies for the first time. BYMiguel OrtizNov 12, 2023ShareBYMiguel OrtizOct 10, 2023ShareThe reason the military bombed this volcanic crater in HawaiiStill a territory during WWII, Hawaii was a major staging ground for American forces headed west across the Pacific. BYMiguel OrtizOct 10, 2023ShareBYTeam MightySep 15, 2023ShareToday in military history: US Air Force becomes independent branchInitially part of the U.S. Army, the Department of the Air Force was created under the National Security Act of 1947. BYTeam MightySep 15, 2023ShareBYLogan NyeApr 27, 2023ShareThis is the most battle-hardened bomber of World War IIIt was just one plane out of thousands of identical ones, all known for hydraulic problems and dangerous landings. The… BYLogan NyeApr 27, 2023ShareBYLogan NyeMar 31, 2023ShareThese were the three most dangerous jobs in World War IIIf you were to fall asleep near the ITER Tokamak, get bombarded by exotic nuclear particles, and be transported back… BYLogan NyeMar 31, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyMar 6, 2023ShareThe most expensive plane crash in history cost the Air Force $1.4 billionThe United States maintains a continuous bomber presence in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance security among its regional allies and… BYTeam MightyMar 6, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyFeb 28, 2023ShareA drunk NCO somehow stole a B-25 bomber with no flight experienceEveryone who enjoys a drink has probably done something they regret while enjoying too many drinks. One of Army Air… BYTeam MightyFeb 28, 2023Share12
BYTeam MightyFeb 22, 2024ShareWhy a principal designer of the Stealth Bomber is in a supermax prisonThere are a lot of infamous names sitting in the escape-proof U.S. Penitentiary at ADX Florence – also known as “The Alcatraz of the Rockies.” Here’s another. BYTeam MightyFeb 22, 2024Share
BYMiguel OrtizFeb 16, 2024Share‘Masters of the Air’ Part Five: The ChantThe fifth episode of Masters of the Air provides the audience with some relief from the trauma of Part Four. BYMiguel OrtizFeb 16, 2024Share
BYMiguel OrtizFeb 10, 2024Share‘Masters of the Air’ Part Four: Beat the oddsThe fourth episode of Masters of the Air opens with the difficult reality that America’s Bomber Boys didn’t know if their friends whose Forts went down were alive or not. BYMiguel OrtizFeb 10, 2024Share
BYMiguel OrtizFeb 2, 2024Share‘Masters of the Air’ Part Three: A genius planDid you know Eighth Air Force airmen had a 75% chance of being wounded, captured or killed? Don’t miss Episode 3 of Masters of the Air. BYMiguel OrtizFeb 2, 2024Share
BYMiguel OrtizDec 6, 2023ShareThis British attack was the blueprint for Pearl HarborPlanning for the attack on Pearl Harbor was spearheaded by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto starting in 1941. However, his inspiration came from British Navy Admiral Andrew Cunningham the year before. BYMiguel OrtizDec 6, 2023Share
BYMiguel OrtizDec 6, 2023ShareThe one vote against war with Japan after Pearl HarborAnswering Roosevelt’s request to avenge Pearl Harbor, Congress voted to declare war with 82-0 in the Senate but 388-1 in the House. BYMiguel OrtizDec 6, 2023Share
BYMiguel OrtizDec 6, 2023Share7 other Japanese attacks on December 7, 1941While we’ve all heard of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, there were other coordinated attacks across the world that day. BYMiguel OrtizDec 6, 2023Share
BYLogan NyeDec 5, 2023Share9 times a submarine sank an aircraft carrierEvery once in a while, a submarine gets a real chance at sinking an aircraft carrier and will risk the boat to do so. BYLogan NyeDec 5, 2023Share
BYMiguel OrtizNov 21, 2023ShareWhy Walter Cronkite and 7 other journalists attended aerial gunnery schoolTo give war correspondents a first-hand look at the air war, the U.S. Army Air Forces’ 8th Air Force permitted eight journalists to fly bomber missions over Germany in 1943. Walter Cronkite was one of them. BYMiguel OrtizNov 21, 2023Share
BYMiguel OrtizNov 12, 2023ShareWATCH: B-21 Raider stealth bomber flies for first timeJust under a year after it was shown to the world, the B-21 took to the skies for the first time. BYMiguel OrtizNov 12, 2023Share
BYMiguel OrtizOct 10, 2023ShareThe reason the military bombed this volcanic crater in HawaiiStill a territory during WWII, Hawaii was a major staging ground for American forces headed west across the Pacific. BYMiguel OrtizOct 10, 2023Share
BYTeam MightySep 15, 2023ShareToday in military history: US Air Force becomes independent branchInitially part of the U.S. Army, the Department of the Air Force was created under the National Security Act of 1947. BYTeam MightySep 15, 2023Share
BYLogan NyeApr 27, 2023ShareThis is the most battle-hardened bomber of World War IIIt was just one plane out of thousands of identical ones, all known for hydraulic problems and dangerous landings. The… BYLogan NyeApr 27, 2023Share
BYLogan NyeMar 31, 2023ShareThese were the three most dangerous jobs in World War IIIf you were to fall asleep near the ITER Tokamak, get bombarded by exotic nuclear particles, and be transported back… BYLogan NyeMar 31, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyMar 6, 2023ShareThe most expensive plane crash in history cost the Air Force $1.4 billionThe United States maintains a continuous bomber presence in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance security among its regional allies and… BYTeam MightyMar 6, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyFeb 28, 2023ShareA drunk NCO somehow stole a B-25 bomber with no flight experienceEveryone who enjoys a drink has probably done something they regret while enjoying too many drinks. One of Army Air… BYTeam MightyFeb 28, 2023Share
