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Claire Lee Chennault

Claire Lee Chennault, an American military aviator and famous fighter pilot, was reportedly born on 6 September 1893 in Commerce, Texas. However, neither his exact date nor place of birth is officially confirmed. Chennault himself […]

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Yakovlev Yak-27R

Yakovlev Yak-27R / Як-27Р, NATO reporting name “Mangrove” (c/n 477, formerly “0708” – “red 28” of the Soviet Air Force), exhibited at Technikmuseum “Hugo Junkers” in Dessau, August 2025. In the early 1950s, the Soviet […]

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Bombs on America!

From the beginning of the World War II in the Pacific, the Japanese forces tried to scare the American public and create a feeling of being under constant threat. In February 1942, the I-17 submarine […]