The Great War was a fascinating time for airplanes – the Wright brothers had just recently invented the airplane in 1903, and militaries found out mounting machine guns (only after figuring out how ...

A dive team explores the submerged B-29 bomber at Lake Mead, a WWII relic preserved underwater since 1948.

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During WWII, engineers seriously planned an Arctic war aircraft carrier made of ice. Project Habakkuk sounds ridiculous—until you see why it almost worked.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It’s Memorial Day weekend, and I’m hung over in the hull gunner of an M36 Jackson ...