AC-130 Gunship
A story of persistent firepower and improvisation, told through the aircrews who circled in the dark and the convoys trying to slip past them.
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Aegis Combat System
A story of layered air defense and digital command told through the sailors and crises that made Aegis indispensable.
AH-1 Cobra
A story of speed, firepower, and improvisation told through the pilots, gunners, and grunts who depended on the first dedicated United States attack helicopter.
AH-64 Apache
A story of night-hunting firepower and battlefield reach told through the crews who flew it into the dark.
Alan Shepard’s Freedom Seven flight
Two decades later, the focus of competition and security concerns had shifted beyond the atmosphere. On May 5th, 1961, naval aviator Alan Shepard climbed into the cramped Mercury capsule Freedom Seven atop a Redstone rocket in Florida. His suborbital flight lasted only about fifteen minutes, but it made him the first American to travel into space and demonstrated that the United States could send a person safely into
Alaska becomes forty-ninth state
When Alaska entered the Union as the forty-ninth state on January 3rd, 1959, it brought with it a vast expanse of territory that had already played an important strategic role in the Second World War.
Albert E. Schwab
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Pacific war.
Ambush near LZ Albany
In Vietnam’s Central Highlands, the fighting around the Ia Drang Valley marked one of the first large-scale clashes between American airmobile forces and North Vietnamese regulars.
American forces cross into Germany
Less than a year later on the calendar, December 1st, 1918, American troops of the newly designated occupation forces began crossing into Germany itself.
Amphibious landing at Inchon, Korea
Early in the Korean War, United Nations forces clung to a shrinking perimeter around Pusan while North Korean troops pressed hard along the front.
ANZUS security treaty signed in San Francisco
In the early Cold War, the United States joined with Australia and New Zealand to sign a mutual security pact known as the ANZUS treaty.
Armistice and the End of World War I Combat
On November 11th, 1918, guns along the Western Front at last fell silent as the armistice between the Allies and Germany took effect at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Army aviation crash at Fort Myer
At the dawn of military aviation, the United States Army experimented with powered flight on a parade ground at Fort Myer, Virginia.
“Arsenal of Democracy” fireside chat
As war raged in Europe and Asia, President Franklin Roosevelt took to the radio on December 29th, 1940, to explain why events overseas mattered deeply to American security.
Arthur F. DeFranzo
A Medal of Honor story of sacrifice and battlefield leadership in the Normandy campaign of World War II.
Assault on the Hindenburg Line
As the First World War neared its end, Allied forces targeted the Hindenburg Line, Germany’s most formidable defensive system on the Western Front.
Atlanta-class Anti-Aircraft Cruisers
A story of layered air defense and brutal night fighting told through the cruiser crews who tried to hold back enemy air and surface attacks.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The same week on the calendar, but in a different year, brought one of the most searing dates in United States military history: December 7th, 1941.