Kept under a veil of civilian airlines, glider clubs, and civil aviation clubs, the Luftwaffe emerged as a military force while the rest of Europe slept, and the He 51 was the backbone fighter of the ...

Relatives of the man in charge of protecting south-east England during the Battle of Britain have led a memorial service to ...

In six days U.S. and British bombers dropped 20,000 tons of bombs on Nazi targets. The heavy attacks brought Luftwaffe fighter planes out in force and that was exactly what the Allies, and ...

Summary: During World War II, the strategic bomber offensive tested the balance between bombers and fighters, evolving from the early limitations demonstrated in the Battle of Britain to the ...

The massive American bomber formation of more than 1000 bombers plus over 500 escort fighters seemed endless. The sky was ...

Battle of Britain, a crucial moment in World War II when the Royal Air Force bravely defended the United Kingdom against vigorous enemy airstrikes. Image courtesy of Air ...

These fighter jets make up for what they may lack in size with spell-binding mobility. These are the 13 most agile in the ...

At exactly 10.30am on Sunday October 10 1943, the silence in the morning air of the peaceful, pastoral countryside surrounding Thorpe Abbotts, our air base in Norfolk, gave way to the reverberation ...

Seen modelled by a BAE Systems test pilot, the Striker II will now be flown by the RAF and Luftwaffe Eurofighter pilots. (BAE Systems) The Luftwaffe is to join the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) in fielding ...

Blimp-built Hermann Göring, who used to boast about how fast his Luftwaffe was going to flatten England, was walking on his heels last week. Increasingly it appeared that the bully boys of his Air ...

Specially-restored Spitfire replica tribute to Moffat-born RAF Fighter Command chief at tomorrow's ceremony and fly-past ...

Germany has conducted its first firing of MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile from one of its Eurofighter combat aircraft. Announcing the development on 6 December, the German air ...