Fifty-five years after a WWII pilot was shot down and died near Iwo Jima, a Lafayette boy recalled details of the event and ...

Arthur Van Haren Jr. was one of the top fighter pilots of WWII. He also was my grandfather. I called him “Tata,” a nickname for grandfather in Spanish. He didn’t tell me much about World War II. Start ...

The haunting wail that echoed across Europe during World War II often meant only one thing, the arrival of the German Junkers Ju 87 Stuka. Designed in the mid-1930s, this dive bomber became one of the ...

The historic display of a German Messerschmitt Me-262 fighter in the United Kingdom Horten Ho-229, the avant-garde German ...

Franz Stigler, a German fighter pilot, spared American bomber pilot Charles Brown during World War II, illustrating how ...

Fighter aircraft of World War II left a legacy that has impacted modern military planning and aerial warfare. Despite rudimentary technology by today's standards, World War II fighters were remarkable ...

The Battle of Britain was one of the great turning points of WWII. The air battle — fought largely over Southern England — was a vital victory for the Allies. From a morale point of view, it proved ...

"World News Tonight" anchor David Muir reported on a remarkable moment as a 100-year-old World War II fighter pilot returned to the skies over McKinleyville, California, taking the controls of the ...

Longtime Bakersfield resident Marci Lingo, who retired to Boise, Idaho, in 2014, is returning home next month to complete an unusual but loving task. She is burying her uncle, U.S. Army Air Forces ...

Motivated by his childhood intrigue, a young Gozitan engineer named Matthew Curmi, 24, has authored a book on aircraft losses in Gozo during the Second World War. His book reveals unique insights into ...