Shot Down — KAL Flight 007 and Seven Other Deadly Airliner Attacks
“While the incident captured the world’s attention, it wasn’t the only instance in which civilian passenger planes had fallen victim to military aircraft.” IN SEPTEMBER of 1983, the word was rocked by news that Soviet…
Meet The ‘White Tights’ – The Mythical Spandex-Wearing Bombshells of the Chechen War
“According to army folklore, rebel commanders recruited the female crack-shots from various Nordic biathlon teams.” FOR MONTHS, foreign fighters from the Muslim world have been flooding into Syria to take part in the two-year-old civil…
Operation Türkenkreuz – Remembering the Kaiser’s 1917 ‘Blitz’ on Great Britain
“The raid was just the beginning of a major bombing campaign against southern England and the British capital.“ ON THE MORNING OF May 25, 1917 few residents of the English town of Folkestone in Kent expected that they’d be…
The Young and the Restless – Mag Lists The Surprising Ages of Revolutionary Heroes
The Journal of the American Revolution recently listed the ages of nearly 150 of the conflict’s most famous individuals. Many were much younger than most would imagine. How old was the patriot and Revolutionary War…
Saiful Azam — Meet the Jet Ace Who Flew For Four Different Air Forces
“Azam was recognized by the United States Air Force in 2000 as being one of the world’s 20 greatest living flying aces.” SAIFUL AZAM MIGHT not be the highest scoring fighter ace of the jet age….
War Horses — Cavalry’s Surprising Contribution to WW2
“While mechanized warfare did signal the end of the cavalry’s role on the battlefield, armies on both sides still used mounted troops throughout the Second World War.” IT’S ONE OF the more famous moments of…
