Air Force’s newest plane, the Skyraider II, honors a legendary aircraft
The Skyraider II is the latest aircraft to pay homage to a legendary plane. The original A-1 Skyraider flew from 1946 to the ...
How the Intrepid Moved a World War II Fighter Plane
The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.
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What we know about U.S. military's anti-DEI purge of WWII Enola Gay aircraft photos
In particular, Snopes readers asked us about claims that photos of the World War II aircraft Enola Gay were removed because of the word "gay." One social media post making the claim said ...
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Divers’ discovery of World War II plane crash leads to ID of US soldier, officials say
A 2019 discovery by Danish divers found the wreck in the depth of the Baltic Sea, leading excavators to later pull evidence ...
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Enola Gay Aircraft—And Other Historic Items—Inaccurately Targeted Under Pentagon’s Anti-DEI Purge
References to the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan during World War II have been flagged for removal in Pentagon documents as the Department of Defense purges references ...
The bizarre reason why Trump admin is targeting a WWII plane
The Trump administration reportedly flagged images of a World War II bomber because it has “gay” in its name.
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Take a flight in a TBM Avenger torpedo bomber
The TBM Avenger is the largest and heaviest single-engine bomber of World War II, according to Pete Ballard, the Capital Wing ...