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Imperial Japan’s Nakajima Ki-27 “Nate” Was No Match for the Flying Tigers
The Ki-27 was a single-seater, highly maneuverable, fixed-gear airplane, but it was no match for the Flying Tigers. When one ...
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RAF Bristol Blenheim: This Civilian Airliner Went on WWII Bombing Runs
After France fell, the Blenheims were tasked with day and night attacks against Nazi-occupied ports and installations.
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WW2: Was it right to bomb Hiroshima?
The bomb was dropped to force a quick Japanese surrender ... had landed by air and sea and pushed their way several miles inland. But what if the invasion hadn't gone to plan? WW2: What would ...
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Delivery of F-35B Lightning II Fighters to Japan Delayed
The Ministry of Defense (MOD) planned to have the aircraft delivered and deployed at Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Nyutabaru Air Base before the end of Japan Fiscal Year 2024, which ends on ...
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Air Force puts fighter jets, airmen through dispersal drills in Japan, South Korea
At Kadena, the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron deployed F-16C Fighting Falcons to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan ...
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US bombers make year’s first shoulder-to-shoulder flight with Japan, South Korea
Japanese and South Korean fighters escorted U.S. bombers on a display of air power Wednesday in the ... between the two lingering since World War II. Joseph Ditzler is a Marine Corps veteran ...