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  • Turning Point: Gettysburg

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    146 years ago, three fateful days of bloody fighting rewrote the future of a nation... GO TO PAGE

    Battle of Gettysburg

  • USS Constitution - The Grand Lady of the Seas...

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    The USS Constitution remains the oldest commissioned vessel afloat anywhere in the world, now relegated to ceremonial roles as needed.
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    Pictures of the USS Constitution

  • Walk-Around: Lockheed Constellation

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    Our look inside and out of the fabulous Connie stationed at the Peterson Air Force base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. GO TO PAGE

    Lockheed Constellation

  • Memorial Day 2009

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    "Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met." GO TO PAGE

    Memorial Day 2009

  • Tanks Alot - Main Battle Tanks of the World's Armies

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    With their inception in World War 1, tanks proved their worth in World War 2. Today, they remain the prominent symbol of the strength of any land army - from AMX to Zulfiqar. GO TO PAGE

    Main Battle Tanks

  • Knights of the Sky - The Original Flyboys

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    World War 1 Aircraft - These wood and canvas mounts wrote the history of the ace as we know it. GO TO PAGE

    World War 1 Aircraft

  • Rotary Club - Attack Helicopters of the World's Armies

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    Born in the Vietnam War, the attack helicopter has become a mainstay of the modern mobile army. GO TO PAGE

    Attack Helicopters

  • USS New Jersey (BB-62)

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    A special pictorial of the mighty USS New Jersey battleship. GO TO PAGE

    Pictures of the USS New Jersey

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July 1 | 2009:: Consolidated tries to best the Boeing B-17 but falls a tad short
June 27 | 2009:: The KMS Scheer proves more than a headache for Allied shipping
June 26 | 2009:: America joins the jet-power craze with its Republic F-84 Thunderjet
June 26 | 2009:: What We're Working On - Improved Image Handling Capacity
June 25 | 2009:: New pics of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle!
June 24 | 2009:: New pics of the Avro CF-100 Canuck fighter!
June 16 | 2009:: USAV Besson proves logical for the United States Army
June 12 | 2009:: USS Roosevelt DDG-80 continues the Arleigh Burke line
June 9 | 2009:: USS Growler - protecting America's shores in the Cold War
June 9 | 2009:: Versailles Treaty be damned - Germany builds the Heinkel He 51
June 8 | 2009:: The Anson trains a generation of pilots, bombardiers and gunners
June 6 | 2009:: Gloster develops the Gauntlet into the Gladiator
June 5 | 2009:: The USS Serpens freighter of the USCG pays an awful price
June 4 | 2009:: For 2 short years, the Gauntlet proved the fastest RAF fighter
June 3 | 2009:: The Fokker D.XXI proves sound against Germany and the Reds
June 2 | 2009:: Curtiss supplies the USAAC with the radial-powered A-12 "Shrike"
June 1 | 2009:: The other Lightning gets airborne - the English Electric Lightning

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