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 ...

It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...

Douglas SBD-6 Dauntless dive bomber sank 6 Japanese carriers during WWII, including at the Battle of Coral Sea and Midway. Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was US' first operational jet fighter ...

The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out how a ...

A WW2 Baltimore attack bomber aircraft wreck belonging to the Royal Australian Air Force was discovered off the coast of ...

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As a fighter ace who received the Medal of Honor after shooting down 26 Japanese planes over Guadalcanal during World War II, Joe Foss was accustomed to bold action. He was not afraid to think big ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library continues Staff Sgt. Robert "Bob" Hickman's story of survival in World War II.