If the trenches were the defining combat element of the First World War, then surely air power was the defining element in Second. Previously, air power primarily served to support the army and navy, ...

Dec. 7, 1941 – that the Japanese attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Although America learned of the attack via radio ...

United Air Lines Flight 736, a DC-7 passenger plane carrying 47 people, had collided with an Air Force F-100F fighter jet ...

The world’s only two flying Boeing B-29 Superfortresses are returning to Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture 2025 at Wittman Regional ...

The U.S. Navy has used standard naming conventions for its ships and sumbarines since it was established in 1775, but who ...

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

Stewart was one of the last surviving combat pilots of the famed 332nd Fighter Group also known as the Tuskegee Airmen. The ...

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

In the 1940s, with the U.S. facing a huge pilot shortage, more than 1,000 women were trained to fly military planes domestically, relieving male pilots who were sent to combat. The elite group of ...

LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. (WFLX) — Retired Capt. Gail Harris said her dream of joining the Navy started when she was a little ...

Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the legendary flying corps’ most decorated pilots during the WWII, having claimed three Nazi ...

“ By the afternoon, only one Japanese carrier remained: Hiryū. It’s believed Best’s bomb was one of four to strike the vessel, making him the first pilot to successfully bomb two Japanese aircraft ...