This video examines the fighter aircraft that recorded the highest number of aerial victories during World War II, highlighting the deadly effectiveness and strategic roles of planes like the German ...

During World War II, the P-47 Thunderbolt was initially dismissed as too heavy and outdated for modern air combat. German pilots mocked it, and even American commanders considered replacing it. But in ...

Heroes came in all colors. Beginning with the Civil War, Black men had joined, and been drafted into, the U.S. military.

Moran, and Mark Olsky are survivors born to survivors. During the Holocaust, their mothers were young Jewish women sent to concentration camps when they were newly pregnant.

Its powerful ability to locate and identify the source of radio signals and confound enemy attacks make it the ultimate ...

Having made WW2 fighter planes, Honda cars and trains, the English town of Swindon is now emerging as a hub for drones ...

For a platform lacking sim style games, Aces of Thunder is a welcome quality addition. Wonderful recreations of WW I & II aircraft.

The Finland Air Force Station, manned by the 756th Air Control and Warning Squadron, quietly opened in 1951. Nicknamed “Galahad,” sharing a name with a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, it was one ...

The Lockheed P-38 emerged from a 1937 US Army Air Corps requirement for a high-altitude interceptor capable of uncommon speed ...

Specialized anti-armor aircraft date back to World War II—but not all planes are well-equipped to take on ground targets.

From microwave ovens and the internet to GPS, many of today's familiar technologies were originally developed for military purposes before fundamentally transforming civilian life.