Last flight of the air cavalry?

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Originally supplanting paratroops as a means of delivering so

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History of War Magazine

The failed high-altitude fighter that proved crucial to the liberation of Europe as a deadly ground-attack aircraft

V-Force: Britain’s Nuclear Bombers

Nearly 30 years after giving them up, the RAF is poised to reacquire air-dropped nuclear weapons

DEFENSE

At the end of WWII the Japanese Imperial Army Air Force was conscripted into the Royal Air Force in Southeast Asia

From the Cold War to modern operations, the threat beneath the waves has been steadily building, and could be about to escalate

The failed high-altitude fighter that proved crucial to the liberation of Europe as a deadly ground-attack aircraft

V-Force: Britain’s Nuclear Bombers

Nearly 30 years after giving them up, the RAF is poised to reacquire air-dropped nuclear weapons

DEFENSE

At the end of WWII the Japanese Imperial Army Air Force was conscripted into the Royal Air Force in Southeast Asia

From the Cold War to modern operations, the threat beneath the waves has been steadily building, and could be about to escalate