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Using a flashlight as a paint brush, Tyson Rininger illuminated a Mustang trainer and gave it an underglow for an artful night shot at the 2007 gathering of Mustangs in Columbus, Ohio.

Hit Me WIth Your Best Shot

Our photo editor offers 12 tips to make your airshow album a work of art.

Both sides liked cartoon characters, like the one on this Republican Chato.

The War Between the Wars

In the skies over Spain, pilots and airplanes rehearsed for World War II.

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Fireball!

Nothing gets your attention quite like a meteor screaming in at 40 miles a second.

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The Man Who’s Flown Everything

Robert “Hoot” Gibson’s priorities: (1) Fly. (2) Fly some more.

On the USS Constellation late in 1968, a catapult crewman gives the signal that an A-6 is ready to launch. A centerline D-704 refueling store augmented the four drop tanks beneath the wings. The D-704’s propeller, driven by wind in flight, powered a motor that extended and retracted its refueling hose.

Legends of Vietnam: Shoulder to Shoulder

The Grumman A-6 was ugly, but it sure could cook

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Restoration: Beech Staggerwing

A true story with an O.Henry ending.

In 1958 the first TV news helo, KTLA’s Telecopter, debuted in L.A.

Zoom Shot

One day in L.A., a helicopter changed television news forever.

The Falcon 9 shown during ground tests at Cape Canaveral, Florida, last January.

Is It Safe?

The first company with a plan—and a rocket—to send humans to orbit answers the existential question.

Major Dan Cherry (right) and Lieutenant Hong My, in Vietnam last year.

Above & Beyond: My Enemy, My Friend

Dan Cherry and Hong My met in the skies over North Vietnam in 1972, then again 36 years later

"Wegbereiter Ikarus," print, woodblock on paper, by Wilhelm Geissler, 1966.

Flight Lines

Some of our favorite poems about aviation.

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Remembering the fall of Saigon

On this day in 1975, the last Americans were airlifted from Saigon, bringing an end to the war in Vietnam

Pilot Ed Hamill turns his Air Force Reserve stunt plane upside down to get a better look at four F-15E Strike Eagles approaching from the rear. Mr. Hamill was participating in a two-day air show on at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., April 25 and 26 that attracted more than 100,000 spectators. (U.S. Air Force photo)

The Earth Above

Keep your head down.

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The Stars Don’t Dance

The Stars Don’t Dance

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from Cape Hatteras

from Cape Hatteras

The Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. stands on the U.S Air Force Academy's terrazzo as he was honored as the recipient of the 2008 Thomas D. White National Defense Award April 22. U.S. Air Force Photo/ Dennis Rogers

Birds Of a Feather

The Air Force recognizes a Marine Corps aviator.

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How to Build a Satellite in Three Days

Walking the line between efficiency and quality

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The Grave the Well

The Grave the Well

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Vietnam: Reconciliation II

Might Dan Cherry have a third career as an ambassador to Vietnam?

Trial by Water

NASA tests the seaworthiness of its new moonship.

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Sky Writers

Sky Writers

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