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 […]

Space Legends: Was there really a mutiny aboard Skylab in 1973? Well … sort of

Space Legends: Was there really a mutiny aboard Skylab in 1973? Well … sort of

The International Space Station has been in orbit around our planet since 1998, providing the human race with a (semi) permanent habitable space at the front door of the great beyond. That timeline offers an interesting bit of perspective — as you come to realize that America’s latest generation of enlisted warfighters, joining the service […]

Watch: WWII Fighter pilot takes to the skies once more in a vintage P-51 Mustang

Watch: WWII Fighter pilot takes to the skies once more in a vintage P-51 Mustang

America’s World War II aviators found themselves at the very forefront of warfighting technology, and as such, they also found themselves facing challenges never before encountered by anyone in combat. From night flying missions that had never been attempted, to massive aerial dogfights unlike anything to ever take place in the skies above us, these […]

Check out the 3-barrelled machete gun carried into orbit by Russian cosmonauts until 2006

Check out the 3-barrelled machete gun carried into orbit by Russian cosmonauts until 2006

Here in the United States, there’s a certain image of the Astronaut’s journey we’ve grown accustomed to: a dramatic launch, a majestic weightless experience, turbulent reentry, and finally, a splashdown somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. From there, America’s Navy swoops in, picking up the floating Astronauts and their capsules (barring an embarrassing incident like Gus […]

The Avrocar: America’s secret flying saucer that barely made it off the ground

The Avrocar: America’s secret flying saucer that barely made it off the ground

For decades, people all over the world have reported seeing saucer-shaped crafts darting across the sky. These sightings are attributed to any number of things: swamp gas, ball lightning, and of course, extra-terrestrials visiting Earth. If you happened to spot one near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the late 1950’s however, there’s a chance it […]

This Soviet Space Shuttle, based on stolen specs, had one successful orbital flight

This Soviet Space Shuttle, based on stolen specs, had one successful orbital flight

Today, with companies like SpaceX, Blue Horizon, and Boeing working tirelessly to find ways to reach the stars for less money, it’s become a commonly accepted truth that the space shuttle, while ambitious and an incredible feat of engineering, was never the economic answer to maintaining an orbital presence. The shuttle program was an immense […]