Author: Michael

The Republic of China Air Force has retired its last F-5F either aircraft and RF-5E reconnaissance planes from active service, marking a final end to the lightweight combat jet’s service in China, and a significant step towards its retirement globally. With the first F-5s having been delivered in 1965, the aircraft were operated for 60 years, which is one of the longest periods that any fighter class has been operated by any one service.

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By 1942, World War II in Europe was in full swing, and the 8th Air Force, with its mix of B-17 and B-24 bombers, was targeting key installations throughout the theater. 
Like many men during World War II, DeSales Glover wanted to serve his country. The problem was that he was only 14 years old.
“He came home from school one day and said he wanted to enlist,” his mother said. “I thought he was only kidding, but he said he had tried to enlist in the Navy. Then he tried for the Air Corps. I think he told them he was 17 or 18. I signed the papers for him.

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In the 2020s, uncrewed aerial systems, better known as drones, have become a standard part of modern military tactics. But eight decades ago, the U.S. military embarked on a short-lived project to create early, remote-controlled suicide drones.
The year was 1944 and the Allies were pushing into Axis-held territories in Europe. Large bombing missions were starting to gain momentum, devastating much of the Nazi industrial capacity, even as bombers suffered heavy losses to enemy flak and the German Luftwaffe.

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