A fantastic view of a Northrop YB-35, a propeller-driven flying wing and predecessor to the B-2 Spirit, and grand-predecessor of the B-21 Raider. Btw, 25-cent magazine, seriously!

George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue premiered in Aeolian Hall, New York City #OTD in 1924.

Full Metal Jacket (1987) Stanley Kubrick allowed R. Lee Ermey to just wing it, an act practically unheard of for Kubrick. Ermey was so good, Kubrick rarely needed more than three takes per scenes, another rarity. R. Lee Ermey became a legend in just 40 minutes of screen time.

1) B-58 designed to fly at high alt/supersonic speeds to avoid Soviet interceptors, but with Soviet intro of high-alt SAMs forced to adopt low-level role that severely limited range and strategic value. substantially more expensive to operate than other bombers, such as B-52.

Hundreds of B-17 Flying Fortresses awaiting the scrap heap in 1946….brutal

On this day in 1960, France becomes the fourth country in the world to detonate a nuclear weapon. The 70-kt bomb, codenamed Gerboise Bleue, is set off in the North African desert.

Today in 1945, the Allies begin firebombing Dresden. 25,000 civilians perish in the inferno. A young American POW by the name of Kurt Vonnegut is forced by the Germans to help recover bodies afterwards. The experience inspires him to write his anti-war novel Slaughterhouse-Five.

“The Power Of Love” BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) #HueyLewisAndTheNews #MichaelJFox

After Washington’s victory at Trenton and Princeton, the British pulled back to New York and northern New Jersey for the winter of 1777. But the Patriots didn’t rest—they launched a relentless guerrilla campaign known as the Forage War. Let’s dive in.🧵🇺🇸 #AmRev

Did you know that the F/A-18 first saw combat over Libya in 1986? Flying from the deck of the USS Coral Sea, Hornets conducted SEAD missions against SAM sites near Benghazi, playing a key role in Operation Prairie Fire, the Navy's version of Operation El Dorado Canyon.

Did you miss Congress of Vienna Live Unboxing and First Look on The Gaming Gang Dispatch #1152 - tinyurl.com/2b29dyea GMT Games #FrontierGames #CongressofVienna #BoardGames #Wargames #TTRPGs #TabletopGaming

A happy heavenly birthday to legendary pilot and World War II veteran, General Charles “Chuck” Yeager. 🥳 He absolutely had the right stuff 😎

Happy 92nd Birthday to Kim Novak Born | February 13, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, USA Video | James Stewart and Kim Novak in a scene from Vertigo (1958)

An advance copy of New Cold War 1989-2019 VUCA Simulations from VUCA Simulations has arrived on my doorstep! This one is a beauty with really high quality components. Think Twilight Struggle but for 1-4 players.

February 13, 1633: Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for his trial by the Inquisition because of his support of heliocentrism, which contradicted Church doctrine. He was charged with heresy for advocating the Copernican system that placed the Sun at the universe's center, not the

Lieutenant Alexander Vraciu ranked fourth among Navy flying aces with 19 enemy planes downed during flight. The rest of his resume is just as good: - Navy Cross ⚓️ - 3 Distinguished Flying Cross✈️ - 4 Air Medals 🎖️ - Destroyed 6 Japanese dive bombers in 8 minutes 🤯

Today in 1939, Germany launches the battleship Bismarck. Just 883 days later, she'll be sunk by the Royal Navy in the North Atlantic only a week into her first combat operation. Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz are the largest fighting vessels built by any European power.

𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐆𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐀 𝐃𝐈𝐍… Some have called this 1939 classic set in British colonial-era India the greatest adventure film ever produced. Filmed in the Alabama Hills of Lone Pine, CA

17 February 1871. The victorious Prussian Army paraded through Paris after the end of Siege of Paris. German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, honoured the armistice by sending food into Paris and Prussian forces withdrew after France had paid its war indemnity.

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