Neglected Legacy: Navy Seaplanes

The U.S. Navy bought its first aircraft in 1911, a Curtiss amphibian called the A-1 Triad. The flying boat’s potential was exploited in World War I, but the float plane’s ...

December 2022
A NASA technician at left checks instruments inside a van to Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A for a pre-flight test

One Giant Leap

A naval aviator became the first human to set foot on the Moon on 20 July 1969.

July 2009

Filling the Gaps

The Super Stallion must remain the Marines' workhorse until the Osprey arrives in force.

July 1994

Truk Today

A veritable underwater graveyard, Truk draws thousands of visitors to its ship-strewn lagoon each year.

Eric Covner
March 1994

A Day’s Work

This series of photographs helped confirm Edward Steichen as one of greatest photographers of his time.

Catherine Tuggle
March 1993

Painter of the Sea

Prolific Austro-Hungarian maritime artist Rudolf Claudus could practically produce seascapes and ship portraits on demand.

Commander Paolo Bembo, Italian Navy
March 1993

Our Rockwell

He calls them “My Marines.” They call him “Our Norman Rockwell.”

March 1993