Burned-Out Convoys in the Desert: How Air Power Shattered Iraq’s Escape From Kuwait
A story of a retreat turned into a deadly gauntlet, and how air power reshaped the end of the Gulf War.
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C-130 Hercules in Tactical Airlift, Cold War to Today
A story of rugged, go-anywhere airlift told through the crews who flew into short, rough strips under fire and the troops who depended on them.
C-141 Starlifter in Strategic Airlift, Vietnam to Desert Storm
A story of reach and reliability told through the crews and missions that defined it.
Climb to Suribachi: How Marines Seized Iwo Jima at Terrible Cost
A story of a volcanic ridge, two flags in the wind, and a fight that reshaped the Pacific war’s final months.
F-111 Aardvark in Deep Strike, The Cold War
A story of long-range, low-level strike power told through the crews who trusted a swing-wing bomber to take them into the heart of modern air defenses and back again.
F-117 Nighthawk over Baghdad, Operation Desert Storm
A story of stealth, precision, and shock told through the pilots who flew the first operational stealth attack aircraft into the heart of enemy air defenses.
Fire Over Ploesti: How U.S. Aircrews Attacked Axis Oil at Treeline Height
A story of low-level courage, burning fuel, and a deep strike at the heart of Axis industry—and how it shaped the wider air war.
Flying Home on Fire: First Lieutenant William R. Lawley Jr. and the B-17 That Wouldn’t Quit
How a 23-year-old pilot kept a burning Flying Fortress in the air long enough to save his crew over Nazi-occupied Europe.
From a Carrier Deck to Tokyo: How the Doolittle Raiders Took the War to Japan
A story of a long-shot bombing raid, a borrowed carrier deck, and how one gamble shifted the course of a global war.
From Kasserine to El Guettar: How American Crews Started Beating German Panzers in North Africa
A story of hard lessons, desert tank duels, and a young armor force learning fast enough to change a campaign.
From Peace to Flames in Minutes: How the Attack on Pearl Harbor Remade the U.S. Military
A story of a quiet Pacific fleet caught off guard and how a single Sunday morning reshaped a global war.
Hard Lessons at Kasserine: How a Bruising Loss Reshaped American Leadership and Tactics
A story of a painful first defeat and how it forced a new army to relearn leadership, tactics, and trust in combat.
“He Went Down for His Shipmates” The final dive of Navy Medal of Honor diver Owen Francis Patrick Hammerberg
Beyond the Call: Medal of Honor Stories — Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads dot com
HIMARS in Ukraine, 2022–Present
A story of long-range precision firepower told through the crews who drive a wheeled launcher into harm’s way and the targets that suddenly find nowhere to hide.
Holding the Pusan Perimeter: How American and Allied Troops Bought Time With Every Hill
A story of a shrinking beachhead, exhausted troops, and how their stand kept South Korea from collapsing in 1950.
Into the Bulge: How American Units Bent but Did Not Break in Hitler’s Last Gamble
A story of a winter surprise offensive and exhausted American units holding the line under crushing odds.
Into the City: Marines, Soldiers, and the Second Battle of Fallujah
A story of block-by-block urban fighting and the hard decision to take back a city at any cost.
“Last Man to Leave”: Pfc. Richard Eller Cowan at Krinkelter Wald
A 22-year-old heavy machine gunner who held back a German attack in the Battle of the Bulge