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Gunner at Helo Door

Guns and Rotors: The XM-215 .22 Rimfire Helicopter Defense Weapon

Providing effective defensive systems for rotary-wing aircraft (helicopters) is a problem as old as the choppers themselves.

Flight Crew with Dog

The Hawker Hurricat and the Manliest Job in the World

The war was lost for the Axis as soon as that first bomb was dropped on Pearl Harbor. It just took a great deal of time and suffering to work out the details.

Bishnu Prasad Shrestha: The Indestructible Gurkha

Bishnu Prasad Shrestha: The Indestructible Gurkha

I have reliable information that movies are not technically real. This story about Bishnu Prasad Shrestha is very much real and as cool as any movie.

The Battle for Antonov Airport: A Turning Point

The Battle for Antonov Airport: A Turning Point

Russia’s best hope for success evaporated at the Antonov Airport on February 25, 2022.

The Botched Assassination of Garrett Warren: Hollywood is Horrible

The Botched Assassination of Garrett Warren: Hollywood is Horrible

The world of Hollywood is arguable the most dysfunctional on the planet. The profession selects gorgeous, vain, narcissistic people who are accustomed to going to extremes to achieve their personal goals.

Joseph Stalin: The Short-Statured Weatherman who Killed 9 Million People

Joseph Stalin: The Short-Statured Weatherman who Killed 9 Million People

Stalin was likely personally responsible for the deaths of around 6 million people. His lunatic policies claimed another 3 million lives beyond that.

The Secret War of Sorrell Booke: Boss Hogg was a Spy

The Secret War of Sorrell Booke: Boss Hogg was a Spy

As a very young man, Sorrell would entertain the patients in his dad’s waiting room. Show business was in his blood.

The Professional Assassination of Marielle Franco: Truly Bad Cops

The Professional Assassination of Marielle Franco: Truly Bad Cops

I have some friends that found themselves on the Mexican border during Spring Break several years ago with some spending money and a little time. They were young, bulletproof, and immortal, so they figured they’d wander over and spend the day exploring Juarez on foot.