Reading an alternate history book call Linebacker III about the Vietnam war. Watergate is never exposed. This means Nixon is still in office and he decides to defy Congress and have the Air Force attempt to halt the communist offensive. I understand in the Vietnam war the American strategy of bombing guerillas is often mocked. However by 75 the war is conventional and ironically when America left, they left at the time conventional air strikes would have the most impact.

Love the aviation history love!

Fire Dumpers

The Rose Bay fire started in late May and was coming under control by early June. The North Carolina Forest Service was on the job. This video is of the air support center operated at Washington NC Airport where water dumping aircraft were based, filled with water and fuel. Thanks to this hard working bunch of wing jockeys.

Music: Stan Farlowe, "Hot Wheels," Checker Records, 1970

VIDEO - June 8, 2026

Just saw a video clip of this cool observation aircraft. It was sadly sabotaged before production. Apparently arsonists torched the production line. The company never quite recovered.

Have any cold case sleuths investigated this case? Justice must be served. Very sad ending for a beautiful aircraft.

I don’t know if this is cool but I randomly thrifted this picture at a store and didn’t notice the name. But I randomly looked it up and apparently he could be a big name? Any info is much appreciated. Thanks!

Any idea what this is?

As far as I'm aware, The Soviets were able to reverse engineer the B-29's defensive FCS which was designated as PV-20 then was later upgraded to the PV-23. I'm no aircraft historian, so i'm probably wrong on this but it's not the main point of the post.

What I couldn't find is how much better (or worse) it was compared to the American's design. I was wondering if anyone knows more information about this