Bill Sweetman described how he would use graph paper and a Sinclair Cambridge calculator to try figure out the specifications of Soviet warplanes during the Cold War.
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World’s only flying OV-1B donated to U.S. Military Air Power Museum
The World’s only flying OV-1B has been donated to the U.S. Military Air Power Museum in Jacksonville, Florida. The aircraft, #59-2631, was previously owned by the Georgia Army National Guard Aviation Museum.
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USAF crews in Okinawa nearly launched nuclear cruise missiles during Cuban Missile Crisis
A former U.S. Air Force airman has come forward with new revelations on how eight launch control centers in Okinawa were given orders to launch their nuclear-armed MGM-13 cruise missiles on Oct. 28, 1962.
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New info reveals USAF general’s role in deescalating the 1983 War Scare
The U.S. government has declassified the Soviet “War Scare” report on the 1983 War Scare. New information revealed that retired Lt. Gen. Leonard Perroots, then assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Air Forces Europe, had acted out of his own instincts to stop the escalation of the crisis.
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