Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne
A compound-helicopter attack prototype developed for the U.S. Army Advanced Aerial Fire Support System requirement.
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Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet
A tailless pusher fighter prototype built to explore unconventional high-performance interceptor configurations.
Amphibious landing at Veracruz in the Mexican-American War
A generation after New Providence, the United States undertook a much larger and more complex amphibious operation on March 9th, 1847, when General Winfield Scott’s army came ashore near the Mexican port of Veracruz. Supported by a strong naval flotilla, thousands of soldiers landed by surfboat in carefully planned waves along an open beach, establishing a ring around the city with remarkably few casualties in the in
Assault at Cold Harbor
Just a year later in war-time June, Union and Confederate armies were locked in the Overland Campaign, a grinding series of battles as Ulysses S. Grant tried to force Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia back toward Richmond. On June 3rd, 1864, Grant launched a massive frontal assault at Cold Harbor, where entrenched Confederate troops held strong positions behind earthworks and rifle pits.
Battle of the Wilderness
Almost twenty years later, the United States tore itself apart in civil war, and May 5th, 1864 marked the beginning of a grim new phase. That day, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant pushed the Army of the Potomac south across the Rapidan River into a tangle of underbrush and second-growth forest known simply as the Wilderness. In that terrain, visibility collapsed, lines broke apart, and musket flashes set the woods
Melvin Earl Biddle
Snow hangs heavy in the Ardennes forest, muting sound until a rifle cracks and splinters bark from a nearby tree. Private First Class Melvin Earl Biddle lies pressed into the freezing ground, the lead scout for an American parachute infantry company feeling every heartbeat echo in the stock of his rifle. Somewhere ahead, beyond the dark trunks and tangled undergrowth, German snipers have halted his company’s advance
Aérospatiale Alouette III armed family
A light helicopter family whose armed variants served in anti-tank, escort, and counterinsurgency missions.
Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon
A heavy transport helicopter family fielded in naval anti-submarine and anti-ship combat configurations.
Aérospatiale/Westland Gazelle
A light helicopter family widely adapted for armed reconnaissance, anti-tank, and battlefield observation.
Avro Manchester
A British twin-engine heavy bomber whose airframe development led directly to the four-engine Lancaster.
Avro Shackleton
A long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft derived from the Lincoln and used throughout the early Cold War.
BAC 167 Strikemaster
An armed development of the Jet Provost designed for light attack and counterinsurgency export service.
Breguet 1150 Atlantic
A purpose-designed long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft developed for NATO requirements.
Bréguet XIV
A fast and durable French two-seat aircraft built in reconnaissance and bomber variants and notable for extensive use of light-alloy structure.
Dassault Mirage 5
A simplified daylight strike derivative of the Mirage III optimized for low-level tactical attack.
Dassault Mirage F1
A single-engine swept-wing fighter developed as a more conventional alternative to Dassault delta-wing fighters.
Dassault Mirage G
A variable-geometry fighter prototype used to explore high-performance swing-wing configurations.
Dassault Super Étendard
A carrier strike fighter developed from the Étendard IV with improved avionics and anti-ship capability.