Aviation History

A photograph of Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin, the first man in space and continued his military service becoming a Colonel in the Soviet Air Force before his aircraft accident on March 27, 1968.

On April 12th, 1961, a Soviet Vostok-1 rocket launched the first man into Earth orbit, becoming the first man in space. Yuri Gagarin slips the surly bonds of Earth to become the first human in spac...

The United States Air Force Academy

The U.S. Air Force Academy is the youngest of the military academies, and is focused on continuing to improve the quality of officers and leadership in the corps.

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a German general and later inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships.

Led Zeppelin This Aint'

When most of us think of the first powered flight, the first thing that comes to mind is the Wright Brothers. They claimed to have been the first to fly a powered aircraft on December 17, 1903. How...