“SEAL Team Six” Makes Dramatic Predawn Hostage Rescue of American in Nigeria.
American Philip Walton Rescued in Daring Nighttime Raid Based on CIA Intelligence. Intelligence gathered by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency using sophisticated cell phone surveillance was used to locate and…
OTD in 1961: ‘Tsar Bomba’, The Terrifying 50-Megaton Mega-Bomb Was Detonated.
Tsar Bomba Was the Largest Hydrogen Bomb Detonated in History, and It Helped End the Cold War. The titanic 27-ton mega-nuke’s explosion was so massive scientists still disagree about its…
Ultimate Aviation Gift? How About A $7,000 Photo Of The X-15 Signed by 7 Test Pilots?
Auction House Lists Rare X-15 Photo with Autographs of Neil Armstrong, Pete Knight, Scott Crossfield and More. With holiday shopping season here, what do you get for the wealthy aviation…
U.S. State Department Backs Sale of 50 F-35 Lightning IIs to United Arab Emirates
Proposed Sale of F-35A Lighting IIs Follows Recognition of Israel by UAE. The U.S. State Department has told Congress it approves of the potential sale of 50 Lockheed Martin F-35A…
First Flight of the XB-51, The Weirdest Plane You’ve Never Heard Of, OTD in 1949
The Enigmatic XB-51 Was Ahead of Its Time, and That May Have Ended its Program. It’s unusual for an airplane to almost completely disappear from history. Especially a pioneering aircraft…
Greek Media Outlets Claim Six F-35s Originally Destined to Turkey May End Up in Greece
Greek media outlets report that the U.S. will divert to Greece six F-35s originally built by Lockheed Martin for Turkey. Although the details are still pretty fuzzy, Greek social media…
