The incredible mystery of a missing Hercules C-130 is finally solved

The incredible mystery of a missing Hercules C-130 is finally solved

RAF Lakenheath, Great Britain, May 1969. Pretending to be an officer, United States Air Force (USAF) Sergeant Paul Meyer calls his squadron operations center and requests a C-130E transporter to be outfitted for immediate departure. Although he is drunk, he aims to fly the plane back to Virginia to meet his wife. He steals an […]

Christmas: A holiday for warriors throughout history

Christmas: A holiday for warriors throughout history

Every year, we hear the same Christmas-based arguments around the water cooler and in the media. Christians tell us we’re celebrating the day Jesus Christ was born, while others tell us Christmas is a pagan holiday adopted by early Christians as a time to celebrate. The truth of the matter is, Christmas celebrations can be […]

What exactly was the F-15 ACTIVE aircraft?

What exactly was the F-15 ACTIVE aircraft?

Fans of the video game Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies will fondly remember flying their F-15 ACTIVE into the depths of Megalith to defeat the evil Erusians. Most gamers assumed the F-15 ACTIVE was nothing more than a fantasy aircraft developed by the minds at Namco. With its futuristic look and incredible performance, many assumed […]

15th anniversary of the capture of Saddam Hussein

On December 13, 2003, at 2030 hours local time, HVT #1, Saddam Hussein, was found and captured in the town of ad-Dawr, Iraq, by a joint service and combined arms force of nearly 600 soldiers, sailors, and airmen from various conventional and special operations elements.  Operation Red Dawn, one of the largest man hunts in […]

Green Berets and Canadian SOF celebrate their lineage

Green Berets and Canadian SOF celebrate their lineage

Please copyedit this but don’t push it to Production (Stavros).  It’s ready for production (Jimmy)   Established during the Second World War, the 1st Special Service Force (SSF) was a joint American-Canadian commando unit. It participated in all major combat operations in Italy and Southern France before being deactivated in 1944. Because of its formidable […]

On this day: The USS Ward fired the first US shots of WWII at Pearl Harbor

On this day: The USS Ward fired the first US shots of WWII at Pearl Harbor

On this day, December 7, we remember the men of the US armed forces but mainly the men of the US Navy who gave their lives during the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. We now know that the Japanese government intended to declare war on the United States and attack Pearl Harbor […]

Watch: Peter Jackson’s amazing new movie reveals what WWI was like

Watch: Peter Jackson’s amazing new movie reveals what WWI was like

Sir Peter Jackson’s new documentary/movie about World War One came out earlier this month. It’s phenomenal. The scenes range from the funny to the heart-warming to the poignant. Particularly moving are the clips that show walking wounded British soldiers who have been blinded by German poison gas, or the efforts of medics to evacuate their wounded […]

Horrible news from the DRC as current Ebola outbreak becomes second largest in history

Horrible news from the DRC as current Ebola outbreak becomes second largest in history

The Ebola Virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is now the second biggest such outbreak in history. The Washington Post reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) made the announcement late last week and that the current epidemic is second only to the massive outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever in 2014, […]

Five Cold War history sites you can visit in the US

Five Cold War history sites you can visit in the US

The Cold War took place from around the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. During that time, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in nuclear brinksmanship time and time again but miraculously avoided total war. There were, however, smaller engagements such as the Bay of […]