A Stunt Pilot Died Filming 'Top Gun' in the Same Flat Spin That Almost Killed Maverick Art Scholl was one the world's foremost stunt pilots. He died filming air combat scenes in "Top Gun" at age 53.
China Claimed 'Top Gun' Footage Was Its Air Force in Action It just goes to show that pretty much the entire planet thinks the "Top Gun" air combat scenes are awesome.
Why John Wayne Was Labeled a ‘Draft Dodger’ During World War II The legendary actor John Wayne didn't serve in World War II, even when many of his contemporaries did.
Josephine Baker Was the First Black Superstar — and World War II’s Most Unlikely Spy Josephine Baker was a worldwide sensation at a time when Black performers were playing to segregated audiences in the United...
7 Celebrities You Probably Thought Received a Dishonorable Discharge But Didn't Because of their professional personalities, we might have thought them unfit for military service. We would be wrong.
That Time an Entire Battle Stopped to Watch Two Soldiers in a Fistfight A Union and Confederate soldier engaged in a fistfight during the Civil War after both found themselves in a gully during a...
5 Historical Events That Happened on Christmas Throughout most of human history, important political figures didn’t let a pesky holiday get in the way of their plans.
The Story Behind the True Events that Inspired 'Kelly's Heroes' "Kelly's Heroes" is a 1970 film about a group of ne'er-do-wells who try to get a cache of stolen Nazi gold for themselves.
Why This Singer Is the Only Woman Buried In Fort Bragg's Special Forces Cemetery Martha Raye was a singer, comedic actress and devoted supporter of U.S. troops in three wars.
Allied Navies in the Pacific Fought for a Photo of This Actress for 70 Years The "Esther Williams Trophy" could only be taken by brute force or vile cunning.
Military Moves Ships, Aircraft to Middle East as Senator Seeks to Stop US Action Against Iran The U.S. military has moved additional ships and tanker aircraft into the Middle East and hurried a carrier to the region...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...
The Army Parade Was Marked by Quiet Crowds, Trump-Linked Sponsors. But Soldiers Kept Politics at Bay. Despite the mixed feelings, the Army birthday parade was also an overdue opportunity to engage with the public and highlight...
Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Time Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Attorneys for a class-action suit representing 9,000 veterans argued that a legal interpretation limiting retroactive Combat...
