Historical records indicate that 2nd Lt. J.T. Lawson and Pvt. Joseph Reade had been practicing tailspins over the newly ...

The history of military aviation is a rich and fascinating one, spanning over 120 years. From its humble beginnings as a niche experimental weapon to its current status as a fundamental battlefield ...

Fighter aircraft have always been the cutting edge of air combat. Whether ripping through the skies of Europe in World […] ...

Fighter planes get a lot of press. Fast, sleek, and impossibly advanced, the image of the knights of the sky dueling to the death in their cockpits is a highly romanticized facet of aerial warfare.

ST. HELENA — To Mike Nieman, the smell of his large Pratt & Whitney “Wasp Major” radial aircraft engine running is “the smell of victory.” “That smell is of a working engine that made this country ...

World War I was the laboratory that transformed airplanes from vehicles of limited capability into reliable weapons of war. The “World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation” exhibition highlights both ...

Dallas, TX, March 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) and the Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center (NAEC) announce the return of its highly anticipated Victory ...

For decades, the military has announced the retirement of aircraft that were supposedly nearing the end of their usefulness. Yet many of those platforms are still flying today. Whether it’s because ...

There was bittersweet irony in Best’s accomplishment. It was his most successful mission, and also his last. As this reporter argued in an article in The National Interest published on January 23, ...

All 55 occupants of Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 died when it crashed mid-air with a Bolivian Air Force fighter jet in 1949. Facebook screengrab from the Arlington Historical Society A catastrophic ...