The first operational jet bomber in history was called the Arado Ar 234 Blitz and entered service with the Luftwaffe in 1943 ...

As Lieutenant General Charles Hooper – formerly a U.S. defense attaché in Beijing – points out in his foreword to our volume, the last major opposed amphibious landing was the U.S. assault on ...

That summer, Reed was promoted to Commander of his unit and awarded the rank of Lieutenant Colonel ... the highest scoring Ace from Iowa in World War II. His fellow Hawkeye Flying Tiger, Noel ...

"Don't worry there's not a bullet made that can travel as fast as I can," up-and-coming footballer Harold Ball wrote from his World War II posting ... Melbourne's medical officer Lieutenant ...

The SAS are back in action as BBC series SAS Rogue Heroes returns for a second series. Based on the book of the same name by Ben Macintyre, it continues the story of the Special Air Service’s ...

Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza prompts concerns over motives, strategy, and human cost amid accusations of war crimes ...

Lieutenant Colonel (later ... home in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on January 2 1946. His father Lindsay served in the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War and flew a Swordfish from Victorious in ...

Tracking data indicate that Russia also sent the dry cargo ship Sparta and three large landing ships to the Mediterranean ... covers life in places around the world, was held for over a week ...

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1946-1953: Carter serves in a Navy nuclear submarine program, attaining rank of lieutenant commander ... that leads to the signing of the SALT II treaty. — November 1979: Iranian militants ...

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Sgt. Robert F. Van Heck, of Chicago, Illinois, was 25 years old in 1943 when he was killed during the U.S. campaign in the ...