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July 08, 2020
Historian Thomas Paone explores the important role played by K-ships in hunting German U-Boats during World War II.
July 06, 2020
Curator Laurence Burke looks back on the extensive career of Navy pilot Edward L. “Whitey” Feightner
July 01, 2020
We invite you to Launch a Conversation with your friends and family about launches in American history and what was going on during those times.
June 26, 2020
During World War II, airlines worked closely with the military to further the war effort by transporting people and materiel. Bob van der Linden, curator of air transportation, discusses Air Transport Command.
June 23, 2020
Curator Michael Neufeld discusses how Nazi Germany's high-tech weapons were assembled in part by forced and slave labor from the various Nazi camp systems.
June 17, 2020
Curator Russell Lee shares the story of aircraft designer Neal V. Loving.
June 12, 2020
Carolyn Russo, curator of the Museum's art collection, reflects of the work of Alma W. Thomas.
June 11, 2020
Today we’re talking about Sully, the movie based on the real-life emergency water landing of US Airways flight 1549 which ditched in the Hudson River in January 2009.
June 09, 2020
In 1945, the Tuskegee Airmen of the 477th Bombardment Group protested discrimination at Freeman Field through pre-planned displays of resistance against the segregated officers' clubs.
June 09, 2020
The Tuskegee Airmen’s fight for equality involved more than their skills in the air. It required coordinated, collective actions of civil disobedience in which 162 officers risked their careers and their lives to stand up against systemic racism in the US Army Air Forces (AAF).