BMW is best known for cars, but during World War II, the company was tasked with making airplane engines for the German ...

The Ki-27 was a single-seater, highly maneuverable, fixed-gear airplane, but it was no match for the Flying Tigers. When one ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

Vanguard isn't for everyone. Luckily for history buff gamers, World War 2 is a popular setting for shooters and strategy ...

Bombers took on different roles during World War II, depending on size, but many were multi-role aircraft. True “heavies” ...

The Japan Self-Defense Forces have placed an order for 17 CH-47JA Block II Chinooks (Extended Range) transport helicopters, ...

Roughly 22,000 Japanese soldiers and sailors were killed in the epic battle. "Nearly seven hundred Americans gave their lives for every square mile," military ... during World War II in the ...

to the Japanese military. This is yet another sign that Japan’s post-World War II “Peace Constitution” is no longer a practical document. In the last decade alone, Tokyo has made radical ...

The Blue Angels flying team includes some of the most accomplished and skilled pilots in the U.S. Navy. Here are some facts you may not know about it.

The beginnings of Honda can be traced back all the way to the end of World War II, where Soichiro Honda decided to mount a former Imperial Army generator engine to a bicycle to produce affordable ...

No sir, this is where you can actually get behind the controls of real, honest-to-goodness military tanks ... rumble of engines sends a shiver of excitement down your spine. It’s like being dropped ...

A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...