D2.His.16.6-8. Organize applicable evidence into a coherent argument about the past.

Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt entered the U.S. Air Force in 1992, earning her commission as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program. Leavitt was initially denied her request to fly the ...

What kinds of tools can people use to examine the Earth? Join us to play an “I Spy” game with Steve Jenkins’ wordless book, Looking Down, and consider all kinds of tools from satellites to magnifying ...

Developed from the Huey transport helicopter, the Cobra was the first purpose-built helicopter gunship to enter military service. It was the mainstay of U.S. Army attack aviation from its combat debut ...

On a dare from another pilot, Ray Stits designed and built the Sky Baby at his home in Riverside, California, to prove that he could build the world's smallest man-carrying airplane. To test fly the ...

Dean Pogreba was born in Three Forks, MT in 1922. He graduated from flying school in 1944 and was sent to the China/Burma/India area flying "the hump." Dean flew the Sabre Jets in the Korean war. From ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. The ...

The A7L pressure suits worn by Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin when they took the first steps on the Moon in July 1969 were a remarkable piece of engineering A suit that allowed an astronaut to ...

In 1946, GE proposed to the Army Air Forces a new engine, more powerful and fuel efficient than its earlier J35, but within the same frame size. To provide higher pressure ratios, and overall better ...

Fred Fraikor was born and raised in a steel town near Pittsburgh, Pa. Working summers as a laborer in the steel mill; he graduated with a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon ...

Japan's J7W1 Shinden was the only World War II aircraft of canard configuration that any combatant ordered into production. Canard is a French term. The original meaning is obscure but aircraft ...

I was fortunate to be able to spend 20.5 years as a pilot in the USAF. I started my career as an Aviation Cadet with Pilot Training Class 58- OP in March 1957. For reasons known only to The USAF I was ...