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Lorraine Boissoneault examines the life of Soviet woman fighter ace Yekaterina Budanova and explores the issue of gender inequality in the Soviet and Russian military in this piece for Smithsonian.
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The former USS Tripoli (LPH-10) has been towed to Brownsville, Texas where it will dismantled by International Ship Breaking LLC.
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Warbirds News says Victory Aviation has been cleared by the FAA to conduct flight training in the company’s ex-Singapore Air Force S.211 jet trainers.
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One of the three YMC-130H that was modified for the Iran hostage crisis is going to the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in New York.
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The Lockheed C-5 made its first flight on Jun. 30, 1968.