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The ancient Bavarian town of Augsburg called for one of the largest post-WWII evacuations in German history on Christmas after a live 2-ton bomb was unearthed.

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John Weston, who spent his teens as a rear gunner on an RAF Lancaster bomber over Hitler's Germany, brought in his 90th in style.

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Brimstone missiles are so accurate that they can be lethal even without warheads. They can hit a person-sized target from 20,000 feet up, seven miles away moving at speeds up to 70 miles an hour.

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A new simulator at the London Science Museum lets patrons experience what it’s like to ride backseat in a Typhoon fighter during a low-level mission. The Typhoon is the Royal Air Force’s latest frontline jet. The twin-engine, canard-delta wing, multirole fighter is a highly maneuverable fly-by-wire fighter jet capable of reaching speeds up to Mach […]

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After learning that a World War II veteran who passed away had no family to attend his funeral, hundreds of service personnel showed up to give the hero a proper send off while he was buried on Monday in Lancashire, United Kingdom. Former RAF bomber Harold Jellico “Coe” Percival passed away on Oct. 25 at the […]

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