These fighters and bombers commanded fear, awe, and — decades later — huge prices in collectors' markets. Tough and brilliant, the following 13 aircraft are the most beautiful planes of the Second ...

Inside the story of an odd-looking fighter jet that became one of WWII's most effective covert aircraft, due to its short ...

The Yak-9 performed more anti-tank missions, in particular, the Yak-9T variant with a 37mm cannon, in this case the ...

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 ...

On Nov. 7, 1944, that convergence produced the only acknowledged direct combat between American and Soviet forces in World ...

NANKOKU, Kochi -- Once-despised "entai" concrete bunkers built here during World War II to protect military aircraft should ...

Bill Wolf, a Fountain Hills resident for the last 25 years, is deeply passionate about World War II aviation history and for ...

The United States is expanding "air corridors" that will deliver combat power to China's doorstep in a future conflict.

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.

History has shown that wars are capable of evolving faster than aircraft design cycles. Platforms optimized for nuclear ...