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8 | Shooting Blanks
Top-Secret Cold War Recce Missions
by Col. LaVerne H. Griffin, USAF, Retired, as told to and written by James P. Busha

22 | Perennial Bad Guy:
The MiG-21 65 Years Old and Still Kickin’ Butt
by Fred Johnsen

36 | Treasure Hunt
The Never-Ending Search for Aviation Memorabilia
by Sam Tipton

44 | Which Way Did They Go?
Midway’s Mysterious Tragedy Is Solved by a $10 Bill
by Mark Carlson

REGULARS

4 | Editorial

6 | Airdrop

56 | Gallery/Reliable Reliants
Stinson’s SR-5 Straight Wing
by Budd Davisson

62 | Classics
Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk
by Barrett Tillman

64 | Review Runway

66 | Tailview
Confessions of an Av Hoarder Learn More

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8 | Flying Jackets
History’s Love Affair with the Aviator’s Best Friend
by Dave Parsons

22 | Burma Banshees
The 90th Fighter Squadron in the CBI
by Grégory Pons

34 | Brushstrokes
Nose Art Goes to War
by James P. Busha

56 | Running with the Devil
Becoming an Ace with “Satan’s Angels”
by Col. Perry J. “PJ” Dahl, USAF, Retired, as told to and written by James P. Busha

REGULARS

4 | Editorial

6 | Airdrop

46 | Review Runway

48 | Gallery
Forgotten Survivor: The Culver PQ-14 Cadet Target Drone
by Frank B. Mormillo

66 | Tailview
Rockoons: A Short Chapter in Atmospheric Research
by John Lockwood
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8 | So You Wanna Fly a Warbird
Your Guide to the Warbird Experience
by Budd Davisson

22 | Air Apaches
Brave Little Indians
by Lt. Col. Roman H. Ohnemus, USAF, Retired,
as told to & written by James P. Busha

34 | Spitfire Dive-Bomber
Great Fighter, Lousy Bomber
by Donald Nijboer

44 | Quadruple PTO Ace—KIA
Robert “Westy” Westbrook
by Steve Blake

COLUMNS

4 | Editorial

6 | Airdrop

60 | Gallery
Utility Warbird: Cessna’s LC-126
by Budd Davisson

66 | Tailview
Airshow/Fly-In Season Is upon Us...Finally!
by Budd Davisson

DEPARTMENTS

54 | Review Runway
56 | Aviation Museum Guide Learn More

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10 | Vanished Hero
The Mystery of Lt. Col. Elwyn Righetti
by Jay A. Stout

20 | Flak—Survival Was a Matter of Luck, Not Skill
World War II’s Greatest Killer
by Donald Nijboer

32 | U-2 in Trouble
He Was on Top of the World Until
He Wasn’t
by Col. Joseph M. Gaines, USAF, Ret.

44 | Of Bombers and Boneyards
Aircraft Graveyards through the Ages
by Frederick A. Johnsen

Columns

4 | Editorial

6 | Airdrop

58 | Gallery
Unlikely Survivor: Northrop’s N-9MB
by Frank B. Mormillo

64 | Review Runway

66 | Tailview
Cosmic Connections
by Budd Davisson
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10 | Jet-Age Naval Warfare
Not Your Granddad’s Surface Combat
by Lon Nordeen

22 | A Reunion of Icons
Paul Tibbets’s 1976 Requalification on the B-29
by Randy Sohn

34 | Rental Bad Guys
The USAF’s Contract Killers
by Brick Eisel

46 | Destroy Truk!
Raid on Japan’s “Gibraltar of the Pacific”
by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

COLUMNS

4 | Editorial

6 | Airdrop

58 | Gallery
Still Flying after All These Years
by Budd Davisson

64 | Review Runway

66 | Tailview
Dave Aiken’s Airplanes
by Sam Tipton Learn More

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9 | Ten Aviation Myths of World War II
Facts versus Fiction
by Barrett Tillman

26 | The Marines’ Lost Squadron
The Odyssey and Tragic Drama of VMF-422
by Mark Carlson

36 | Captured!
Aerial Combat Became Very Personal, Very Quickly
by Eric Hammel

56 | Buzz Job
When Joy Overcomes Common Sense
by Roy Stafford

COLUMNS

4 | Editorial

6 | Airdrop

47 | Gallery
Fighting Cockpits
by Budd Davisson & Donald Nijboer

64 | Review Runway

66 | Tailview
Arguing Aeronauts
by John Lockwood
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8 | The Most Produced
Icons in Big Numbers
by Budd Davisson

24 | Stalin’s Flying Hammer
Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik: Tank Killer Extraordinaire
by George Millenger

38 | WW II Diary: Grasshopper Roundup
Treetop Warriors in Fabric Kites
by James P. Busha

50 | Midway’s Other “Lone” Survivors of VT-8
More than One Airman Returned
by Mark Carlson

COLUMNS

4 | Editorial

6 | Airdrop

58 | Gallery
Stinson’s Big-Guy L-Bird: L-1 Vigilant
by Budd Davisson

64 | Review Runway

66 | Tailview
Harry Atwood: Aerial P. T. Barnum
by John Lockwood
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