Despite being the world’s largest air force, the Soviet Air Force (Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily or VVS) was caught on the back foot ...

Let us paint the scene for you. The day is September 1st, 1939, in the Soviet Union, and you're a middle-management engineer working at the Kharkiv Locomotive Factory in Ukraine. While a particular ...

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union’s military intelligence organization (GRU) and its civilian security and intelligence organization (KGB) each sported their own “special purpose” unit and force.

When the Space Race kicked off in earnest in the 1950s, in some ways it was hard to pin down where sci-fi began and reality ended. As the first artificial satellites began zipping around the Earth, ...

The U.S. Army is widely known for its helicopter fleet, filled with some of the most advanced helicopters in the world. The Apache and Black Hawk are chief among these, but the fastest helicopter in ...

Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (left) attends a welcome ceremony alongside U.S. President Ronald Reagan on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 1982. Credit: Reagan ...

In the wake of the Second World War, 12 countries from Europe and North America banded together to form an alliance that would keep the hard-won peace in Europe, promote cooperation between them and ...