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  • Zivi Nedivi and the F-15 with One Wing

    Zivi Nedivi and the F-15 with One Wing

        4 air to air kills under its belt, this F-15 refused to die When Pilot Zivi Nedivi and his navigator collided with an A-4 Skyhawk over Israel during a training mission, the F-15’s right wing was completely torn...

  • Sgt. Julia Bringloe

    Sgt. Julia Bringloe

      The U.S. Army Valkyrie: Rescued 14 wounded in 3 days with a Broken Leg Sgt. Julia Bringloe heroically saved 14 men in a 3 day period during Operation Hammerdown in Afghanistan in 2011. Lowering herself from a hovering helo sometimes...

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Theologian, Anti-Nazi Conspiritor

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Theologian, Anti-Nazi Conspiritor

    Executed by Hitler for His Faith In the final days before the end of the 3rd Reich, Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer was painfully tortured to death by the Nazis for preaching the evils of Nazism and also being a part of...

  • Buzz Aldrin: Possibly the Coolest Man Alive

    Buzz Aldrin: Possibly the Coolest Man Alive

    The real “ Ice Man” Buzz Aldrin’s heart rate while landing on the moon for the first time with 16 seconds of fuel left and searching for an alternate landing site was 88 BPM. That is not much higher than...

  • The Cornfield Bomber: F-106 Delta Dart that landed itself

    The Cornfield Bomber: F-106 Delta Dart that landed itself

    F-35 vs F-106: They dont make em like they used to. In 1970 Pilot Gary Foust was engaging in mock dogfighting with his fellow F-106 Delta Dart pilot at 40,000 feet over Montana. When his Delta Dart went into a...

  • Arthur Chin: America’s First WW2 Ace

    Arthur Chin: America’s First WW2 Ace

    Shot down 9 Japanese with outdated Bi-planes Major Arthur Chin was a Chinese-American fighter pilot who used the outdated Curtiss Hawk and Gloster Gladiator bi-planes to deadly effect on the Japanese. Recruited by the Chinese government from his home in...