DNA technology proved that Sebastopol’s Yuen Hop was one of three American airmen executed by the SS, then buried in an unmarked German grave in 1944.

World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war ...

A Greek fisherman in Heraklion, Crete was faced with an unprecedented sight when he discovered parts of a WWII plane in his ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the ...

Operation Paperclip, initially known as Operation Overcast, aimed to bring German scientists to the U.S. who specialized ... The Horten brothers began World War II on the front lines, piloting ...

Trump's executive order halting DEI means the Air Force no longer teaches recruits about WWII's Tuskegee Airmen and the Women ...

Harold "Bud" Pressel was injured when he bailed from his B-24 after it was struck by flak over enemy lines in 1944. He's ...

There were much earlier examples going back to World War I, where some German biplane bombers included ... one of the most legendary planes of WW2. While the Flying Tigers are one of the best ...

German industries do not produce enough ammunition, tanks, ships and aircraft to equip even its ... A tragic irony now abounds. After World War II, the Truman administration rejected the notion ...

The Yakovlev Yak-9 and North American P-51 Mustang are two of the most infamous fighters of the Second World War.

A biplane used by Britain throughout the WWI, the Handley Page Type O was one of the largest aircraft ever designed when it ...

Throughout World War II, the race to build the fastest fighter planes was necessary to win the war in the air. Whichever side won the war in the air was bound to win the war on the ground ...