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 ...

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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, ...

Among the earliest American multi-aces, Jim Swett was credited with seven aerial victories amid a turning point in World War II — and would ... been concentrating Japanese naval air strength ...

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.

Humans (well, at least some of us) have turned their gaze skyward and envied the birds since time immemorial. From the mythical attempts of Icarus to take to the skies to DaVinci’s fanciful designs, ...

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

TAKETA CITY, Japan — A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the nephew of a Japanese soldier who carried it into battle during World War II.