The Hellcat’s forgiving flight characteristics and durability allowed less experienced pilots to survive early engagements and gain greater experience against the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero.

Over the course of World War II, many women stepped out of societal norms to take on roles that were essential to the Allied victory. Many took to the skies while others worked behind the scenes in ...

The Bolt of Lightning sculpture depicts a US Lockheed P-38F Lightning fighter aircraft, which was used during the Second World War. Installed next to the junction of the M62 in Burtonwood, Warrington, ...

This old RAF bunker once helped keep Britain's radar network running during World War II - and is now a unique holiday home with incredible views of the Dorset coast ...

Lt. Col. George Hardy, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, has died at age 100 after serving in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

RAF Typhoon fighter jets were deployed to Poland under Operation Eastern Sentry to counter Russian drones and strengthen NATO’s eastern defenses.

The V-1 "flying bomb" could accurately be described in today’s nomenclature as an unmanned aerial vehicle — moreover, as the first suicide drone.

Archaeologists are searching the site where a World War Two American plane crashed in 1944 in the hope of finding its pilot's remains. Pilot 2nd Lt Lester Leo Lowry of 487th Fighter Squadron was the ...

India has bid a fond farewell to the MiG-21, the warhorse of the Indian Air Force. But have you wondered what awaits the Soviet-era aircraft?

The women of the Air Transport Auxiliary in World War II are an often overlooked but crucial group. Read on to meet these inspiring pilots.

St. Andrew's Church still has panels on which RAF Little Snoring pilots recorded their victories against German aircraft. Inside the church, there is also a memorial that commemorates that this ...

Britain's use of the .303 browning machine gun in its aircraft is a puzzling reality. While most other nations used at least some form of heavier armament, the RAF soldiered on in 1939 and 1940 with ...