Carrying a mystic of almost invincibility and pure terror, the Red Baron’s famous mount was anything but perfect, with several faults limiting it below ...

In late 1943, German fighter pilots dominated the skies over Europe, destroying American bombers at will. This film tells the ...

It’s September 12th, 1918 and at the controls of his SPAD S:XIII fighter is 2nd Lieutenant Frank Luke. He’s about to take down his first German observation balloon. The Germans have been spying on the ...

People suggest topic ideas for my columns frequently. I’ve been writing “The Meat & Potatoes of Life” since 2010, and 2026 marks the tenth year my columns have appeared in Stars and Stripes. After ...

For every Spitfire and Hurricane, dozens of British fighter aircraft remain hidden in the shadows, neglected by popular history. Some of these were brilliant, some were terrible, and some were just ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—Starfighters Space, an aerospace company with a unique fleet of Mach 2-capable Lockheed F-104s, is in an expansive mood following the completion of a supersonic captive carry flight ...

The nations of Southeast Asia are slowly recapitalising their combat aircraft fleets as the return of geopolitics spurs governments to take security more seriously. Before the 2020s, Southeast Asian ...

On Nov. 7, 1944, the convergence of both forces in Central Europe led to the only documented direct combat between American and Soviet forces in history. American P-38 Lightning fighters attacked what ...

In the latest instance of rapidly evolving drone tactics being used in the Russia-Ukraine War, Moscow’s forces appear to have outfitted a disposable one-way attack drone with anti-air capability.

The force of Navy, Air Force and Marine F-22s, F/A-18s, F-35s and drones struck several sites in Caracas as the Army captured Nicolás Maduro. By Nicholas Slayton Updated Jan 4, 2026 4:47 PM EST The ...