Airpower, air defense, Marines’ role—all need revisiting, three-quarters of a century after the seminal roles-and-missions ...

On commercial flights, Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, and their Secret Service detail are the first to board the plane, from the tarmac, so they don’t make a fuss in the p ...

And frankly, I’m not sure I’d want the job. The pressures of the office may have driven the first secretary of defense, James Forrestal, to suicide. George Marshall, the celebrated general and ...

James "Jim" W. Hettel ... P2V Neptune aircraft and was a "plank owner" of the first super carrier, the USS Forrestal, CVA 59. He worked for 37 years for the US Defense Department.

Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CV-61), a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, had an impressive service history from 1957 to 1993. An evolution from the Essex class, the Forrestal class..

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Forrestal fire was an utter disaster. Without the quick thinking and selfless action of the Forrestal’s sailors, who threw munitions (and even planes ...