At the heart of the Air Force's combat search and rescue corps is its aging fleet of rescue helicopters. But as the Air Force ...

Aerial victories in World War II were far rarer than popular myths suggest. Out of millions who served in the Luftwaffe, only a small fraction ever shot down an enemy aircraft, and an even smaller ...

World War II fighter aces are often remembered for their staggering kill counts and legendary dogfights, but far less ...

Across sleepy and remote islands in the Pacific, U.S. military engineers are working around the clock to revive strategically important airstrips that American troops first built under fire over 70 ...

History is filled with military aircraft that looked like expensive miscalculations long before they ever saw combat.

Discover five of the bases that ensure US air dominance over two continents.

At 102, retired Air Force Capt. Dick Nelms, who flew 35 missions over Nazi Germany in a Boeing B-17, shares his WWII ...

One hundred seventy-seven B-24 Liberators took off from Libya on August 1, 1943, bound for the Romanian oil refineries at ...

Military air stations in the frigid North.

No matter what you call it, you and your battle buddy are a partnership forged in shared misery and mutual reliance. Your ...

Certain capabilities of China's air force now seriously challenge those of the US and other Western countries, with experts ...

Japanese soldiers were beating a POW to the brink of death... that is until Richard Antrim stepped forward and offered to ...