When the USS Hornet sunk in World War II, a tractor used to move aircraft went down too. Now a recovery mission is being ...

Ernest Pugh went off to war in 1942. The plane he flew hadn’t been seen in 80 years … until it was found on the top of a mountain Papua New Guinea.

During the First World War, fears about advancing technology sparked stories of mysterious "Foo Fighters" and the so-called Airship Scare, as people imagined German airships devastating cities. This ...

This is the story of the Intruders, a group of airmen dubbed the `Bandits of the Air' by the Nazis during the Second World ...

From to fragile propellers and floating fire hazards, to stacks belching out plumes of thick, black smoke. These aircraft ...

Arthur Van Haren Jr. of Phoenix was one of only a handful of Hispanic ace fighter pilots. Yet he rarely spoke about his ...

On September 2, 1945, the Second World War ended when Japan officially surrendered. Today, on the 80th anniversary, the ...

Donald McPherson, a Nebraska native and decorated Navy fighter ace, was one of only 11 aces from the VF-83 squadron.

In order to navigate, pilots used a combination of time-honored navigational tools, such as sextants and radio to determine their positions.

Screaming fighter jets, agile helicopters and maneuvering parachutists all provided a show in the skies above the 2025 ...

The National Archives has recovered the volume, which includes more than 500 pages of data from March 1941 to June 1942. It ...