Pre-war air doctrine claimed massed, gun-bristling bombers could penetrate enemy airspace without escorts. Reality hit hard ...

By far the best American fighter of 1939, and by far the shiniest aircraft on this list, the Curtiss Hawk 75A scored the ...

During WWII, engineers produced some of the most iconic aircraft in history. From sleek fighters to hulking steel beasts -- ...

Neel Kearby became a hardcore “believer” in the P-47 and devoted himself to developing a doctrine for making the most of the ...

Late in World War II, Japan unleashed the Ki-84 Hayate — a fighter so fast and powerful it finally rivaled the Mustang and ...

During World War II, the sky was its own battlefield, and the fighter pilots who owned it were a different breed. They were ...

For Long Islanders who remember, former Vice President Dick Cheney was the controversial figure who, as the defense secretary ...

Noel L. Dunn painted a collection of 100 works featuring combat warbirds, each autographed by those who flew them. Dunn donated his collection to the Fagen Fighters World War II Museum in Granite ...

Lt. Col. George Hardy, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen and the last of the group's World War II pilots, died Tuesday night, according to Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. He was 100 years old. “His legacy is ...

In the wake of World War 2, the United States emerged as an industrial powerhouse after supplying its own military and its ...