Seventy years ago, on September 17, 1955, a modified Convair B-36 departed Carswell Air Force Base in Texas. Legendary U.S.

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Take an in-depth look at how the atomic bomb "Little Boy" worked, the first nuclear weapon ever used in warfare. Dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, the bomb marked the beginning of the ...

The U.S. scientists who tested the first atomic bomb, July 16, 1945, took the ultimate gamble of setting the atmosphere on ...

The June 13 stealth attack saw nine scientists wiped out when Israel dropped a barrage of missiles onto their Tehran homes in ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth caused a stir when, pursuant to President Trump’s long overdue purge of content deemed to promote DEI, he absurdly flagged the name Enola Gay for removal, ...

The Iowa History Journal's July/August issue is available at stores across Iowa or by mail. Purchase a subscription for more ...

Historians and scholars date “The Odyssey” to sometime between 750-650 BC. The first printed Greek version became available in 1488. In the centuries since, it has remained one of the most ...