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Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true during the Second World War with the Pacific Ocean being a veritable battlefield ...
Two iconic World War II aircraft are now on display at the Chico Air Museum. The Arizona Commemorative Air Force is ...
In the wake of the 2019 B-17 Flying Fortress accident, the Foundation decided to ground its aircraft and put them on permanent display. The Collings Foundation, whose Wings of Freedom tour brought ...
History was on display at Albany International Airport over the weekend, with the runways and skies hosting World War II-era aircraft. That’s the engine of a PT-17 Stearman, one of the planes on ...
DALLAS — Six people were killed Saturday afternoon after a World War II bomber and a fighter aircraft collided during an airshow in Dallas, Texas, officials said. According to The Associated Press, ...
The U.S. may have fielded the largest aircraft carrier fleet in World War 2, but Japan was no slouch. Through conversions, it also amassed a pretty large fleet.
When the hastily built Lavochkin La-5 fighter first soared into the aerial arena in July 1943, German pilots waved it off as ...
LIVERMORE, Calif. - After 80 years, a World War II Army airman who went missing in action has been identified, and officials say the man was a Livermore resident. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ...
GEORGETOWN, Texas — First Lt. Charles “Woody” McCook made a decision in his final moments on Aug. 3, 1943, that would save the lives of two crewmembers aboard his B-25C Mitchell bomber. The aircraft ...
John Cruickshank suffered 72 injuries during the bombing raid on a U-boat in 1944 but refused medical treatment.