Veterans Day reminds us to honor the men and women who served our country — men like Joe Horne. I met Joe years ago at a neighborhood coffee shop. We shared many enjoyable conversations, which is ...

Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406 was the most numerous French fighter aircraft at the beginning of WW2. Curtiss Hawk was the first ...

Veterans Day reminds us to honor the men and women who served our country — men like Joe Horne. I met Joe years ago at a neighborhood coffee shop. We shared many enjoyable conversations, which is ...

In an era of hypersonic missiles, stealth fighters ... Yet during World War II, the crew of a brand-new destroyer escort, USS Buckley, did just that by slugging it out in hand-to-hand combat with ...

The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying ...

With fire streaming from his engine and the right wing half enveloped in flames, Lindsey led the formation to drop their ...

The P-80 did serve in the Second World War, albeit briefly. Two pre-production USAAF YP-80A Shooting Stars saw service in Italy in the reconnaissance role in February and March 1945. The P-80A had a ...

Yo whats going on everybody, it’s Biggie cheese. When I’m not telling the world about how people call me Mr. Boombastic while calling me fantastic, I keep my mind thinking about straight tragedies ...

By Jeffrey Dumas The Second World War, the war to end all wars, ended in 1945, 80 years ago, yet a strange fascination about the Nazis persists, including on eastern Long Island. Christopher C. Verga, ...

By far the best American fighter of 1939, and by far the shiniest aircraft on this list, the Curtiss Hawk 75A scored the ...

During WWII, engineers produced some of the most iconic aircraft in history. From sleek fighters to hulking steel beasts -- ...