"They were magnificent"
Technical Sergeant Morton J. Freedman submitted this statement of his rescue from Kham Duc, Republic of Vietnam. Freedman and the other two members of the Combat...
TVA pilot
During the 1930s, the Tennessee Valley Authority hired pilots for insecticide spraying, aerial mapping, flood control surveys, and passenger service.
U-2 cover story
President Eisenhower was told that the U-2 spy plane had a self-destruct mechanism that would prevent the Soviets from discovering its true purpose. This plan was...