Ever noticed those strange poles on the front of WWII Jeeps? They weren’t for decoration—this simple feature actually saved ...

BMW is best known for cars, but during World War II, the company was tasked with making airplane engines for the German ...

First organized as a “racial experiment,” a contingent of Black Americans began training to be aviators at Tuskegee, Alabama, ...

Sleek, agile, powerful and possessing a multitude of guns on the nose and wings – the fighters of World War II have etched ...

The Ki-27 was a single-seater, highly maneuverable, fixed-gear airplane, but it was no match for the Flying Tigers. When one ...

Harry Stewart Jr. learned to fly even before he could drive and helped save the world from the evils of fascism.

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen, has died ...

Paul Townsend, commander of the 354th Fighter Wing. The aircraft went down during the landing phase of the flight, Townsend said at a news conference. The pilot declared an inflight emergency ...

War, what is it good for? This is a question with very few reasonable answers. However, war is undeniably a driver of technological advancement: The rapid evolution of combat planes during WWII is ...

For a time, it seemed as if the Trump administration believed that some of the most important heroes of World War II are woke and ... working with pilots on fighter skills and ferrying what ...

Before the fighter escorts began accompanying ... WASPS were female pilots trained in Sweetwater during World War II to fly military aircraft in the United States and Canada.