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HMS Medusa (A353): The Ship That Marked the Way to Omaha Beach in June 1944

HMS Medusa (A353) anchored at a dock

The HMS Medusa (A353) – formerly known as the Harbour Motor Defence Launch (HMDL) 1387 – was near Omaha Beach on June 5, 1944, the…

USS Gerald R Ford (CVN-78): The World’s Largest and Most Advanced Aircraft Carrier

USS Gerald R Ford (CVN-78) at sea

The largest and most advanced aircraft carrier in existence, the USS Gerald R Ford (CVN-78) is what the newest generation of warships looks like. With…

The Magic Engineering Behind Why Early Fighters Didn’t Shoot Their Own Propellers

Close-up of the front of an aircraft equipped with an interrupter gear

Let’s dive into something that’s been bugging many for decades: how did old fighter aircraft shoot at the enemy without blasting their own propellers into…

One of the Principal Designers for the B-2 Spirit Got Himself Incarcerated At a Supermax Prison

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit in flight

The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit is an American heavy strategic bomber featuring low-observable stealth technology, allowing it to penetrate and attack undetected deep within enemy…

Northrop XP-79: The Flying Wing Designed to Ram Into Enemy Aircraft in Mid-Air

Northrop XP-79 parked on the tarmac

The Northrop XP-79 Flying Ram was a rocket- and jet-powered flying-wing fighter designed during the Second World War for the US Army Air Forces. The…

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum Embarking on Project to Reconstruct WWII-Era Fairey Barracuda

Fairey Barracuda flying over the HMS Vulnerable (R63) and an Italian destroyer

The Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum has launched a project to carry out a live rebuild over a period of 10 years of an…

Ukrainian Officer Calls Russia for Tech Support After Captured T-72B3 Tank Breaks Down

T-72B3 tanks driving down a road in Russia

A video uploaded to YouTube by Ukrainian media outlet Militaryni is making waves for allegedly showing a Ukrainian officer trolling Russian tech support after a…

A Boeing B-29 Superfortress Carrying An Atomic Bomb Once Crashed In California

Boeing B-29A Superfortress in flight

On August 5, 1950, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, operated by the US Air Force and carrying a Mark 4 nuclear bomb, crashed northeast of San…

Oliver Hazard Perry Shipyard Vying to Become New Home of the USS Halyburton (FFG-40)

USS Halyburton (FFG-40) at sea

If you travel across the United States, it’s likely you will come across the many decommissioned submarines and ships that have been given new life…

Expedition Produces New Images of Shipwrecks from the Battle of Midway

Wreck of the USS Yorktown (CV-5) on the seafloor

The Battle of Midway in June 1942 was a turning point of the War in the Pacific. While the United States lost a handful of…

Debris Field Found in Search for Missing US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II

Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II taking off down a runway

Update – September 19, 2023: The crash site of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II that went missing over South Carolina on September 17, 2023…

Piece of Wood Discovered At Garage Sale Is Piece of Sunken USS Maine (1889)

Wooden spar from the USS Maine (1889) on a white sheet with two photos of the ship's mast

The Washington Post is reporting that preservation efforts have begun on a piece of wooden spar discovered at a garage sale and later confirmed to…