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Plane Spotting
You'll find them at most any airport. Some spotters try to see every type of jet flown by a given airline, while others look for special liveries
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Trigger Pullers and Mouse Clickers
Do drone pilots deserve medals?
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Hidden Treasures
Exploring the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
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Fantastic Plastic
Dive bombers, fighters, and trainers, all hanging from a bedroom ceiling
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Hazardous Mail
A simple scrap of paper reminds us of a time when delivering letters cross-country was risky business
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Some Thing on the Wing
Quite a shock out my airplane window
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The Curse of the Cargomaster
Readied to transport the first U.S. ICBMs, the Douglas C-133 had a peculiar habit. It kept crashing.
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Letter From Bagram
Occasional dispatches from our man in Afghanistan.
The Champ
From the decks of World War II aircraft carriers to today's airshow circuit-the journey of a Royal Australian Navy Fairey Firefly.
Save the Blimp Base
From this Naval air station airships hunted U-boats in the Florida Keys.
Restoration: Grande Dame
The Lockheed L-1649A Starliner gets a makeover.
Baikonur
It ain't pretty, but it sure does work.
Collections: The Riches of East Fortune
Collections: The Riches of East Fortune
The Heroes
Two airmen and extraordinary courage.
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Huey
If you remember Vietnam, you remember the Bell UH-1
Bigfoot
Sometimes the hardest design challenge isn't getting aircraft into the air but getting them back on the ground.
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The Last of the Mohawks
Grumman's triple-tail, bug-eyed, heat-seeking camera platform
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