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The Chilean Navyʼs
Almirante Viel
, shown here in a rendering, is being built under Project ‘Antártica I’ and is based on the VARD 9 203 design from Canadian shipbuilder Vard Marine.
(Vard Marine)
A new Antarctic icebreaker ship for the Chilean Navy is to launch on 22 December 2022 by the state-run naval shipbuilder ASMAR at its facility in Talcahuano.

Besides the beloved pinup girls such as Betty Grable, no other nose art that adorned the fuselages of WWII Allied aircraft is as well known as the shark mouths of General Claire L. Chennault’s famed American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known as “The Flying Tigers.” These shark-mouthed tigers devoured Imperial Japanese warplanes alive (so to […]
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According to the official Cincinnati Zoo website, the bearcat AKA Binturong (scientific name Arctitis binturong) “is agile like a cat in the canopy and less adept on ground, walking flat-footed like a bear. However, it is neither a bear nor a cat, but belongs to the civet and mongoose family…Although it is classified as a […]
The post Meet the Grumman F8F Bearcat: Why She Made History appeared first on 19FortyFive.

One good A-10 Warthog article deserves another … and another … and yet another. This makes my zillionth 19FortyFive article on the A-10 in less than just a few months, which I reckon is symbolic of how the venerable old warbird refuses to go away quietly, in spite of the U.S. Air Force brass’s best […]
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Over a decade before Spock introduced legions of Star Trek fans to Planet Vulcan and its cerebral, philosophical humanoid beings, Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) had its own Vulcan, namely the Avro Vulcan. The RAF’s iteration of the Vulcan wasn’t tasked with dropping leaflets exhorting recipients to “Live Long and Prosper.” It was designed with […]
The post Avro Vulcan: A Cold War Bomber Like No Other (Mission: Fight Russia) appeared first on 19FortyFive.

What Made the F-16XL Special: Even though General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon took its first flight nearly 50 years ago, it remains in active duty with the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, and Air National Guard units. (Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here. Check out More 19FortyFive Videos Here) The F-16 has also […]
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The 19FortyFive team back on October 1, 2022, went to the National Air and Space Museum to film some amazing new footage of aircraft such as the SR-71, NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, and the Bell X-1. You bet we didn’t forget about the F-86 Sabre. Check out our original video of the F-86 and the […]
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Sinema May Not Be Able to Win in Arizona – and could be beaten by Kari Lake – When Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced in early December that she was changing her party affiliation to become an independent and that she intends to run again in 2024, it immediately presented the Democrats with a […]
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis won big in his reelection bid. DeSantis trounced challenger (and former mayor) Charlie Crist. The margin of victory was a massive 20-points. (Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here. Check out More 19FortyFive Videos Here) But some observers have suggested that DeSantis’s victory numbers are skewed; that a wave of conservative transplants […]
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