After the Wright brothers developed the first powered airplane, it didn't take long for the military to want to adopt it.

Helicopters made a big difference in World War II, but some have gone unnoticed. Here are the five that should be recognized ...

Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot Officer William McMullen, 29, was the only person to die when a Lancaster Bomber crashed in ...

The runway display of 53 Air Force and Navy planes — plus Army missiles — ranged from rescue helicopters to fighters and ...

The conflict shows how air combat now happens well beyond visual range and also highlights the growing role of China's ...

Also in the Middle East, the 1973 Battle of El Mansoura, between Egypt and Israel, lasted just under an hour and involved up to 164 Israeli planes and 62 Egyptian aircraft. Israel suffered the heavier ...

Outnumbered and against all odds, five Thai Fighter Pilots went into battle against sixteen superior American planes. Despite ...

The country marked Victory in Europe after Germany surrendered to the Allies on May 7 after almost six years of brutal war on ...

A family of six siblings from Cardigan made significant contributions to the war effort, with five enlisting in the Armed forces.

Banned from flying in the U.S., these 25 American women headed to Britain to help ferry military aircraft—and fascinated the ...

In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.

It wasn’t built to dominate the skies, but it did. Behind the modest design of this unassuming aircraft lies a lethal ...