Berlin Candy Bomber in the Berlin Airlift

U.S. Air Force Colonel Gail Seymour Halvorsen was a transport pilot best known as the “Candy Bomber” or “Onkel Wiggly Wings,” who became famous for dropping candy to German children in Berlin during the Soviet Blockade of the city. Following Germany’s defeat in World War II, the vic...

By Friedrich Seiltgen

Cincinnati Man Shot and Killed After Assault, Police Call It Justifiable Homicide

CINCINNATI, OH — A fatal shooting at a Walnut Hills apartment complex will not result in criminal charges after Cincinnati police determined the shooter acted in self-defense. As reported by Fox 19 Now, officers responded to the Kemper Lane Apartments around 12:15 p.m. Tuesday for a report of t...

By Luke McCoy

He Broke Into a Huntsville Home With a Gun at 3 A.M. He Left in Critical Condition.

HUNTSVILLE, AL — An armed man who broke into a home on Salem Drive early Wednesday morning is in critical condition after one of the occupants shot him, and prosecutors say the evidence so far points to self-defense. Huntsville police responded to a report of a shooting at a residence in the 20...

By Luke McCoy

How the Kentucky Rifle Turned Frontier Hunters into America’s First Snipers

Rifles brought from Europe were of little use in the American wilderness. So hunters, frontiersmen, and revolutionaries began demanding something new from their gunsmiths The post How the Kentucky Rifle Turned Frontier Hunters into America’s First Snipers appeared first on Outdoor Life.

By Fred R. Zepp
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