Major Erich Hartmann remains the greatest fighter ace in history, with 352 confirmed victories in 1,404 combat sorties during World War II. Known as the “Blond Knight of Germany,” he survived 16 ...

No sooner the first aircraft rose into the sky the military took hold of the new invention As far back as World War 1 daredevil pilots engaged into the fighting and aces like Manfred von Richtofen or ...

Hans-Ulrich Rudel, the most decorated pilot of World War II and one of history's greatest combat aviators, earned his ...

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Northern Ireland edition Feb. 10, 1944. It is republished unedited in its original form. GUN crews of this Negro AA Battalion whose guns are ...

Frankfurt, West Germany, May 1953: World War II veterans of the Luftwaffe’s Werner Moelders wing inspect an F-84 Thunderjet during a visit to Rhein-Main Air Base, where some of them were stationed in ...

History is littered with possibilities. The only thing historians love more than bickering among themselves is speculating ...

On the night of December 29th 1940, my grandmother, Dorothy, reported for duty as a wartime volunteer fire-watcher in the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: By the time that the Hs 129 entered service in quantity, the German army was on the defensive. At first glance, you might think the Henschel Hs 129 was the perfect ground ...

A local World War II veteran’s half-century struggle with the memories of surviving the sinking of a troop transport ship ...

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) deployed combat aircraft to Germany for the first time in its history on 17 August. IAF F-16D crewmembers are greeted by an Israeli ground handler on their arrival into ...