On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration ...

The occupation of Poland may have turned out to be the last hurrah of Polish warplanes during WWII, but not the Polish combat pilots, more specifically the ones that escaped into exile in Great ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

Not every experimental jet fighter made by the U.S. military would go on to reach production, for any number of reasons.

Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains ...

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

Tuskegee Airmen Detroit Chapter President Arthur Green, left, holds a P-51D model as Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., center, and ...

Wizz Air aims to restart flights to Ukraine shortly after the announcement of any ceasefire with Russia, reinstating about 30 inbound routes within six weeks, Chief Executive Jozsef Varadi told ...

In the three-point attitude and descending straight ahead, you are utterly ignorant of anything that lies in front of you.

The name "McGhee Tyson" doesn't roll off the tongue, but there are many reasons to keep it, including a binding contract from ...

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

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