The weird engineering that links old ships of the line and the SR-71 Blackbird
One is the fastest jet ever produced, capable of outrunning anti-air missiles while capturing reconnaissance in some of the most hostile airspace on Earth.
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Edition · Issue 2026-02-28
February 28, 2026
6 stories curated for veterans on this date.
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HEALTH
From Vietnam to victory: A Veteran’s cancer journey
“Every time I got off that table, I was weaker and weaker, but there was always another set of hands right there” Walter Lohden enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1965.
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Operation Eagle Claw: The story behind the failed hostage rescue in Iran
In April 1980, two CIA officers flew Maj. John T. Carney Jr., a U.S. Air Force Combat Controller, to a small strip of road in the South Khorasan Province, Iran.
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Finland might have perfected the AR-15 (at least for Arctic combat)
Cold weather combat is the great equalizer. Just ask Napoleon or Hitler how their winter campaigns in Russia went. With increased focus on the strategic importance of the Arctic and the entry of...
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LEGACY
Competing with Dick Bong to be WWII’s top ace this pilot met a fateful end
“On 7 January 1945, while leading a voluntary fighter sweep over Negros Island, he risked an extremely low altitude in an attempt to save a fellow flier from attack, crashed and was reported missing..
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US launches ‘major combat operations’ against Iran
American and Israeli warplanes bombed Tehran Saturday morning, the start of what President Donald Trump called a “massive and ongoing operation” against Iran.
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Pentagon to cut ties with Ivy League and other top universities, Hegseth says
The Department of Defense is blocking active-duty troops from attending graduate-level education at Ivy League schools and other top universities, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Friday.
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