Nose Art: A Brief History Of The Personalized Painted Planes Of WW2
From Looney Toons characters to shark teeth to pinup models, nose art on aircraft has a storied history in air forces around ...
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In ‘Flying High,’ Tyler D. Ballon’s Portraits Parallel Sports, History, Identity, and Patriotism
"I want young people to see themselves as worthy of being immortalized in art—a recognition that transcends time," Ballon ...
AP photographer captures a bagpiper emerging from surreal green smoke during military exercises
SMARDAN, Romania (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Vadim Ghirda has been working for The Associated Press since 1990 ...
Learn how these Mainers changed U.S. military history as Tuskegee Airmen in WWII
In 1941, the formation of the first group of Black military pilots and mechanics was underway in Tuskegee, Alabama where ...
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Transforming IWM Duxford: A New Era for Britain's Historic Airfield
IWM Duxford, Britain’s best-preserved Second World War fighter station, is set to undergo a significant transformation. With a storied history that includes housing the first operational Spitfires and ...
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Inside the Shadowy World of a Notorious Art Looter Who Eluded Justice
As “Göring’s man in Paris,” Lohse was “ruthless” in his quest to acquire artworks, said Petropoulos. An opportunist, he ...
Ronald Reagan narrated a short film in 1945 about the Tuskegee Airmen
In a 10-minute film from 1945, future-President Ronald Reagan tried to convince America why it needed flyers like the Tuskegee Airmen.
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Masters of the Air: The Perilous Reputation and Crucial Victories of the Real 100th Bomb Group
The U.S. Air Force unit and its deadly missions in World War II are also the subject of a new Apple TV+ documentary.