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 ...

The fighter aircraft was never more important than it was during the global calamity that began in 1939. However, at this time of need, the fighter types available were pretty limited to say the least ...

The Luftwaffe's Mistel, or Mistletoe, was a unique German composite aircraft configuration used during the last months of World War II. Alongside jet-powered aircraft like the Arado Ar 234 bomber or ...

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A dive team explores the submerged B-29 bomber at Lake Mead, a WWII relic preserved underwater since 1948.

Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a critical supply line that helped defeat Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.

Wilmington is set to present Warbirds Over Wilmington at the Wilmington International Airport as part of America’s 250th birthday this year.

Many of the most legendary battles of World War II were directly shaped by the actions of pilots, with several crucial battles fought almost entirely in the skies. For example, at least nine different ...

The numbers associated with the 1942 Japanese attack on Darwin – and beyond – give some measure of the huge extent to which northern Australia was involved in World War II.