War Coffee

Jul, 03 , 23

“We fired up our little auxiliary power unit to pick up the electrical load and brought the throttles down to idle, because the Blackhawk has transmission-driven alternators that trip off-line...

Swimming in a Ship

Jul, 03 , 23

This week we are diverting somewhat from our usual military subjects with an excerpt from an upcoming book on the SS United States. The United States was a civilian cruise...

Mines and Tunnels

May, 18 , 23

The mountain warfare on the Italian front during the First World War occurred at remarkable altitudes on a horrific scale. Troops and artillery regularly fortified positions above 5,000 feet, in...

AirVenture

May, 18 , 23

Bazooka Charlie: The Unbelievable Story of Major Charles Carpenter and Rosie the Rocketer by James P. Busha and Carol (Carpenter) Apacki is one of our most exciting releases for 2023....

The Dream of the Atlantic

May, 18 , 23

101 Hours in a Zeppelin is a story about the development of long-distance airship travel in the early twentieth century. The narrative is primarily focused on a record-breaking flight that...

War Fantasy

May, 18 , 23

Account of the Future US-Japan War was a 119-page paperback novel published in Japan in 1933. The novel, authored by retired naval officer Kyosuke Fukunaga, detailed a scenario in which...

Where Are the Propellers?

Mar, 13 , 23

In 1958, the Myasishchev Design Bureau’s M-50 jet bomber prototype was one of the most powerful. . . or at least potentially one of the most powerful aircraft in the...

What is a Skean?

Feb, 27 , 23

Schiffer Military’s latest book on edged weaponry is about a very rare specification of antique fighting knife, the skean. What exactly is a skean? The book’s introduction provides an excellent...

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