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  • Capt. Lacie Hester and Maj. Benjamin Coffey

    Capt. Lacie Hester and Maj. Benjamin Coffey

    F-15E Pilot and WSO shoot down dozens of drones in one night In World War II, Germany terrorized England with V-1 Buzz Bombs, which were intercepted by Spitfires and Mosquitos. In April 2024, Iran launched over 300 drones and rockets...

  • Gen. Walter Krueger: An Underrated General of WWII

    Gen. Walter Krueger: An Underrated General of WWII

    From private to four-star general, Walter Krueger fought in five wars. Born in Poland in 1881, he immigrated to the U.S. and enlisted in 1898. While MacArthur and Bradley captured the headlines, Krueger quietly excelled. By WWII, he commanded Sixth...

  • First Field Marshal William Slim

    First Field Marshal William Slim

    Underrated Generals of WW2 "There is only one principle of war and that's this. Hit the other fellow, as quickly as you can, as hard as you can, where it hurts him most, when he ain't lookin'."

  • General Claire Chennault

    General Claire Chennault

    One of WWII’s most underrated generals and founder of the Flying Tigers. A WWI veteran who became partially deaf from flying, Chennault championed fighter aircraft in the 1930s when U.S. Army Air Corps doctrine favored bombers. His outspoken views led...

  • Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Slover: MH-47 Pilot Badass

    Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Slover: MH-47 Pilot Badass

    Extraordinary piloting while severely wounded. During Operation Absolute Resolve to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Slover, a pilot with the elite Night Stalkers of the 160th SOAR, flew his MH-47 Chinook through dense, mountainous jungle terrain, evading obstacles to land...

  • Maj. Robb T. McDonald: Marine Harrier Pilot Hero

    Maj. Robb T. McDonald: Marine Harrier Pilot Hero

    Led Counter Attack Offensive To Defend NATO Base In Afghanistan Awakened from his sleep on September 12 of 2012, Robb McDonald, an AV-8B Harrier pilot, snapped into action. On a base so large it was unthinkable that a force had...