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K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base was built to scramble fighter jets and intercept detected threats; now it’s on the auction block as a property with lots of promise for a commercial air service.
In the years shortly after World War II, the United States military found itself one of if not the dominant force on Earth. Freshly reorganized in 1947, with a new department, new service branches ...
A steel gray fuselage with a bright red star painted on the side tail was about as ornate as the Soviets got when painting ...
British fighter jets are to carry nuclear weapons for the first time since the Cold War under a landmark deal announced by ...
America's latest nuclear-armed delivery platform breaks cover as the US Air Force releases a rendering of its cutting-edge ...
Every once in a while, the U.S. Air Force lets out their inner petrolhead. During the tail end of World War II and the Cold War especially, taking an existing airframe and fitting more powerful ...
For ACE to work in Europe, the Air Force will expand its presence again, starting with the re-establishment of 20-25 Cold War-era airfields at “strategic” locations across the continent, the commander ...
Ken Jones, a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel, shares what it was like flying with nuclear bombs aboard his plane during the Cold War. He was one of the last military draftees.
BOSSIER CITY, La. -- In the mid-1960s, America was involved in two wars. The Vietnam War raged in Southeast Asia, making daily headlines. Meanwhile, the Cold War between America and ...
Wade is particularly passionate about the Cold War period, partly because he believes little attention has been paid to it since it ended in 1990. Aircrew deaths during the Cold War alone reached 926.