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Operation Vengeance: The P-38 Mission That Killed Yamamoto
14+ hour, 39+ min ago (241+ words) by Tamika Johnson | Jun 19, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments On a Sunday morning in April 1943, sixteen American fighter planes skimmed the surface of the Pacific so low their propellers feathered the wave tops. They flew for the better part of…...
The F-117's First Combat: Nighthawks Over Panama, 1989
10+ hour, 54+ min ago (349+ words) by Connor Kerr | Jun 19, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments At one minute past one in the morning on December 20, 1989, the warm tropical dark outside the Panamanian Defense Force barracks at Rio Hato was ripped apart by two enormous explosions. Soldiers…...
The CIA Huey That Shot Down a Biplane With an AK-47
8+ hour, 43+ min ago (328+ words) by Tamika Johnson | Jun 19, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments High above the misty jungle mountains of Laos, an unarmed supply helicopter found itself in the middle of an air raid. Its crew had a choice: flee, or fight back with…...
Talk to me. I'm scared:' Navy F-8 pilot recalls when the LSO couldn't talk to him during a night carrier landing
14+ hour, 52+ min ago (273+ words) In September 1952 the Navy issued specifications for a new carrier-based fighter with the capability to exceed the speed of sound in routine level flight. Chance-Vought won the bid with its F8 U Crusader design (later re-designated the F-8). The F-8 retained 20mm cannon as…...
Visit Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall in Dickson next weekend June 25-29
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (235+ words) The Middle Tennessee Veterans Coalition is excited to welcome the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall'to Middle Tennessee June 2529, in partnership with'Dickson VFW Post 4641. The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall is a scaled-down replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington bearing the…...
Vietnam War hero of Dong Ha Bridge to be awarded the Medal of Honor
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (691+ words) Jesus, Mary, get me there. Get me there." More than 50 years after then-Capt. John Ripley rhythmically chanted that prayer for three hours as he swung back and forth under a North Vietnamese bridge to rig 500 pounds of explosives, the Marine…...
A U. S. Navy Destroyer Just Completed 11-Month-Long Epic Deployment
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (452+ words) DDG-57 departed Naval Station Norfolk on July 25, 2025, and spent a total of 327 days at sea. "Team Mitscher continues to take great pride in service to our nation," said Cmdr. Stephen Prugh, commanding officer of DDG-57, in a U. S. Navy press release....
On Saying Goodbye to Vietnam
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (264+ words) For me, certainly, Vietnam has always been one of the two or three most formative and decisive experiences of my life. I say that because I was one of those few young Americans sent over there to fight it. That's…...
Foreign Policy article calls Iran war a bigger defeat than Vietnam
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (166+ words) Middle East Eye Foreign Policy article calls Iran war a bigger defeat than Vietnam The United States' war against Iran represents a more serious strategic setback than the Vietnam War, contending that it directly damaged core US interests and weakened…...
USS Mitscher arrived home after a deployment that rivaled the carrier USS Ford
3+ day, 1+ min ago (295+ words) The destroyer USS Mitscher pulled into Norfolk Tuesday morning. Jessica Johnson was on the pier, waiting for her son, Chrystion Taileur. He has been in the Navy less than two years and this was his first deployment. Johnson left the…...