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[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

Today in 1987, an 18-year-old from West Germany named Mathias Rust penetrates Soviet air defences and lands a Cessna 172 in Moscow's Red Square. The stunt, an epic humiliation for the Soviet military, earns the teen worldwide fame, as well as a 14-month stay in a Russian prison.

[GE Aerospace @GE_Aerospace]

Next-generation capability is already in the air. 🚁

Currently progressing through flight testing, the T901 engine brings increased performance and durability to the U.S Army’s Black Hawk fleet, reinforcing our commitment to delivering reliable, mission-ready propulsion solutions today and into the future.

At GE Aerospace, we’re proud to power progress for the United States Army and Army aviation. 🔗 https://t.co/Cdng4cCOmy

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Martin Luther King and voting rights marchers complete their trek from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama--March 25, 1965:

[Northrop Grumman @northropgrumman]

The Artemis II launch date is set for April 1. We’re supplying the boosters that help get humanity off the pad and deeper into space than ever before.

[New York Post @nypost]

California's high-speed rail finally finished building its first massive 150-acre hub - paving the way for track-laying after $135B and 18 years https://t.co/Dgmw5DEOQ2

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

Today in 1918, the German army breaks through the Allied lines on the Western Front. Berlin hopes its Spring Offensive or 'Kaiserschlacht' will force an end to the war in Europe before U.S. troops can enter the fight in large numbers. Despite initial success the push soon stalls

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Circus Maximus was built 600 years before the Colosseum!

Pliny the Elder said it held up to 250,000 people…absolutely massive.

[Lazarus @Lazarus_Navy]

We remain a 10 carrier navy in a 15+ carrier world.

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

800 billion stars captured in one frame.

This is Sombrero Galaxy captured by Hubble.

31 million light-years away from us.

[Momentum @momentum_ke]

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[The Name of War @TheNameofWar]

Five year old Warren Bernard runs out of his mother's grasp to his father, a soldier from New Westminster, Canada, who was going off to fight in WWII.

[Voices of WW2 @VoicesofWW2]

SdKfz. 250/3 Ausf A and SdKfz. 251 halftrack vehicles of the German 24th Panzer Division, Southern Russia, 21 Jun 1942

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

People giving OpenClaw root access to their entire life

[Old Warships @yulenbilbao]

British battlecruisers HMS Renown and HMS Hood

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

On this day in 1942, a Japanese sub shells an oil refinery at Ellwood, California. It's the first Axis attack on the continental U.S. in World War Two. No casualties are sustained, but the incident sets off an invasion scare from California to Alaska.

[hw97karbine @hw97karbine]

British troops inspecting Soviet T-26 tanks and BA-10 armored cars at Qazvin following the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in August 1941

[J.J. @kadonkey]

A VS-29 🐲🔥S-3A on the CARL VINSON JUN86 (protz usn)

[Tank Archives @Tank_Archives]

The Medium Tank M46 or Patton was an upgraded variant of the Pershing, chiefly aimed at improving mobility and reliability. Its performance in the Korean War was not encouraging and #OTD in 1957 the Patton tank was retired from service in the US Army. #tanks #history #ColdWar

[Trev Clark's Obscure Aviation History 🚁 @clark_aviation]

The Focke-Wulf Fw-189 was a twin engine tactical reconnaissance and army cooperation aircraft of the Luftwaffe in WW2. Used extensively on the Eastern Front, it was converted to a (very unlikely) night fighter, with radar and upwards firing cannon, at the end of the campaign.