Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the ...

Germany is known for its engineering expertise, and this resulted in some of the most impressive fighter planes in history.

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

The Bell P-59 Airacomet was America’s first attempt at a jet-powered fighter, developed during World War II to rival advanced German designs. Despite its groundbreaking jet engines, the aircraft ...

The XF8B was envisioned to provide the U.S. Navy with a long-range carrier-borne fighter that could take the fight to the ...

Salvaging the U-505 German intelligence was vital during WWII, making recovery efforts ... That, along with increasing Allied aircraft patrols for submarines, turned the tide of the Battle of ...

In a post on X Sunday, Alabama Senator Katie Boyd Britt called the decision to pause teaching the videos “malicious ...

The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of over 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics, and cooks who served in the segregated Army during World War II ... more than 100 German aircraft. The Black aviators ...

The RAF called for reinforcements and over the summer hundreds of Spitfires were shipped in by aircraft carriers ... to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What was the secret to ...

Initially his secretary, Vera Atkins - born in Romania in 1908, to a German-Jewish businessman ... them to the airfields from where the Lysander aircraft despatched them on missions to occupied ...

The NASM B-26B-25-MA named "Flak-Bait" (AAF serial number 41-31773) survived 202 combat missions over Europe, more than any other American aircraft during World War II. Workers at the ... first ...