The mysterious disappearance of a USAF C-54
One of the largest ever instances of the disappearance of US military personnel happened not during wartime but in 1950 when a US Air Force…
Lost Bombs, Crashed Aircraft and Missing Submarines: US Military Nuclear Near Misses.
“Mistakes are made in every other human endeavor. Why should nuclear weapons be exempt?” -Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of California in a letter to the Hoover…
John F. Kennedy’s Assassination Secured the Future of Britain’s Special Air Service
Every great event has unexpected side effects. However glorious or terrible, each will trigger other moments – good or bad, small or significant. After the…
The Policeman who Jumped From East to West Germany in a Single Leap
Often, “Wall Jumpers” went over the border in order to demonstrate bravery, impress their girlfriend, or were intoxicated. After being defeated in the Second World…
The Mystery of the Sinking of the USS Scorpion
Some have speculated that the Russian Submarine K-129 was sunk by a US submarine, and that the sinking of Scorpion was done in retaliation for…
The Wretched Fate of The USS Thresher
One of the submarine vets aboard Skylark would state, “We heard sounds that are familiar to me,the sound of a ship breaking up—like a compartment…
From the Windy City to The Cold War: Dennis & Honest John.
“We had targets set up and fired two separate test rockets while we were there to measure the amount of damage they could inflict on…
Springboard to NASA – The Flight-path of an Astronaut.
“In one of the buildings on the base, they had photographs of all of the Apollo astronauts hanging on the wall.” He added, “Seeing those…
Whoops – When The USA Dropped a Nuclear Bomb onto a Farm in North Carolina
In January 1961, President John F. Kennedy was inaugurated and the Cold War was in full force. US Air Force bombers and fighter planes were…
US Submarine Plays Cat & Mouse With Japanese Navy
First launched in 1976, these submarines were a key strategic naval asset during the Cold War Since the end of the War in the Pacific…
The Tupolev Tu-128: The Largest Fighter Aircraft to Ever be in Service
In the early decades of the Cold War, threats of potential nuclear air attacks were familiar on both sides of the tension. Both the Soviet…
9 American Cold War Tanks
The Second World War solidified the position of tanks as a vital tool in the modern military arsenal. And so, over the course the Cold…