This article investigates Britain's first jet fighter. Also, a member of an RAF unit that worked on the Meteor tells about a ...

With cutting-edge German aircraft dominating WWII, the Soviets had to innovate fast. Their solution? Attach fighters to a bomber and send them into battle as a flying air force! But was this a ...

Technological advancements made the development of these engines possible -- and forever changed the way outside observers ...

Engine development continued as the war raged on, and turbojets built by General Electric powered the first American jet aircraft in ... but saw no combat in World War II. It went on to see ...

Named after Count, or in German Graf Ferdinand fone Zeppelin, the inventor of airships bearing his name in the honor, this ship was to be the first German aircraft carrier of the WW2 and Hitler ...

AURORA, Colo. -- With members of a trailblazing Black Air Force unit passing away at advanced ages, efforts to remain true to ...

He was the first Black jet fighter pilot in Korean airspace during the Korean War, and a decorated one after 126 missions.

During World War II, the Mustang destroyed ... to the simple fact that the aircraft had the range to escort bombers on deep bombing runs into German territory. The P-51 had the internal space ...

The remarkable flying career of Charles ‘Chuck’ Yeager - the first pilot to break the sound barrier and fly at supersonic ...

“They said we didn’t have any ability to operate aircraft ... during World War II but was not deployed to combat before the war ended. In Korea, he flew the F-80 Shooting Star jet fighter ...