Museum offers new home to gun St. Paulites used to fire first American shots of WWII
Navy photo of the USS Ward’s Number Three Gun and its crew. They were Minnesota reservists credited with firing the first ...
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Fighting for the Right to Fight: The National WWII Museum’s dedication to Black soldiers
Race relations and the fight for ethnic equality have been an ongoing pursuit since the birth of the nation. Every facet of society has an integration story, including the military. The Fighting ...
World War II relic flown to St. Paul
This article was originally published April 10, 1958. WASHINGTON — A C-119 cargo plane took off from here Wednesday groaning under the weight of an 11,000-pound war ...
Nose Art: A Brief History Of The Personalized Painted Planes Of WW2
From Looney Toons characters to shark teeth to pinup models, nose art on aircraft has a storied history in air forces around ...
The Time A Hawker Sea Fury Propeller Fighter Took Down A MiG-15 Jet
On August 9, 1952, during the Korean War, a flight of four Hawker Sea Furys took off from the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier, ...
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India Art Fair 2025: Delhi, take a nose-y dive into a sea of artsy emotions
16th edition of India Art Fair opened in Delhi to a crowded VIP preview that was managed well, as compared to earlier. But today, you can't enter after 2pm! Once upon a time, one would spot the ...
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Impacts of Structural Properties of Myosin II Filaments on Force Generation
The authors present a useful agent-based model to study the tensile force generated by myosin mini-filaments in actin systems (bundles and networks); by numerically solving a mechanical model of ...
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Kala Pola – Sri Lanka’s popular open-air art fair – returns for the 32nd year on 16th February
Sri Lanka’s most anticipated open-air art fair, Kala Pola, is set to unfold for its 32nd edition on Sunday, 16th February 2025, at Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha (Green Path), Colombo 07. With its unique ...
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“Duke” Hedman was the First American Aerial Ace of World War II
B. “Duke” Hedman. Which is a crying shame, as he was actually the first American air ace of WWII, as well as a member of the legendary American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known as the ...
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World first: Plane hooks a skydiver out of the air
Aikins, who's a part the Red Bull Air Force and a skydiver himself, modified his Cessna 182 aircraft to fit a large handlebar at the bottom of the fuselage that Manow would hold on to, and added ...
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Kochi to host Kerala's biggest open-air art fair
The Central Park in Panampilly Nagar is set to host what’s touted to be Kerala’s biggest open-air art fair next month. Organised by PrussianBlue Art Hub, ‘Kaladhaara’ will be a grand ...
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India Box Office: ‘Sky Force’ Crosses $15 Million
Along with Akshay Kumar, Sky Force features Veer Pahariya who makes his Bollywood debut with the film. Pahariya and Kumar essay the roles of Indian Air Force officers in the film. Sharad Kelkar ...