A new heritage trail is celebrating the workers who worked on thousands of planes.

The fighter aircraft was never more important than it was during the global calamity that began in 1939. However, at this time of need, the fighter types available were pretty limited to say the least ...

A team from Texas A&M University is helping in an effort to recover and preserve a World War II aircraft that has been ...

The race for speed during World War II produced aircraft faster than anything the world had ever seen. This story follows the pilots and machines that pushed the limits of flight, from rocket-powered ...

When you think about the evolution of warfare, it’s hard not to focus on the […] ...

Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a critical supply line that helped defeat Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.

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Many of the most legendary battles of World War II were directly shaped by the actions of pilots, with several crucial battles fought almost entirely in the skies. For example, at least nine different ...

Across sleepy and remote islands in the Pacific, U.S. military engineers are working around the clock to revive strategically important airstrips that American troops first built under fire over 70 ...