Kings and Generals' Pacific War series continues with an in-depth look at Japan’s legendary A6M Mitsubishi Zero, the fighter that shattered Allied air superiority in WWII. Designed by Jiro Horikoshi, ...

He was a World War II fighter pilot, an author of a memoir ... In April of that year, he shot down a Japanese Zero fighter over Taiwan. In all, he was awarded the Air Medal six times.

When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December ...

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

Manufactured from 1938 to 1944, 13,738 Curtis P40-Warhawk fighter planes were produced. Although technological progress in aviation outpaced the Warhawk by the end of WWII, it held the distinction ...

Antonin Fajkus, a longtime Chicago resident, spent his 101st birthday at the Veterans Home in Manteno with a surprise guest: Jiří Klůc, a Prague tour guide bringing birthday cards from Czech Republic ...

German engineers and scientists created some exceptional and novel military designs during WWII. Granted, not everything they created was an instant success, and they even created one fighter jet ...

(As a side note, the late great Chuck Yeager was another beneficiary of the non-requirement of college degrees for WWII pilots ... 432nd Squadron of the 475th Fighter Group, based at North ...

The Blue Angels flying team includes some of the most accomplished and skilled pilots in the U.S. Navy. Here are some facts ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a press conference following the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, November 28, 2024. Sputnik/Ramil Sitdikov ...

Before the year was over, he would be in Italy, flying combat missions with the 332nd Fighter Group. He would fly 43 combat missions during World War II. Harry Stewart, Jr. in the cockpit of his P ...