No one was going to keep young Duane Tunnyhill from fighting in World War II, wearing the uniform of the United States Marines. But the Omaha lad had a big problem. Even after his 17th birthday ...

On New Year’s Day 1943, Flight Lieutenant Dave Ritchie found himself in a deadly aerial battle, taking down an enemy aircraft before being forced into a brutal crash landing. This was just one of many ...

The RAF withdrew the Defiant from frontline duty due to the warbird’s limited endurance. When one thinks of gun turrets on ...

WEST 2025 — The AUKUS nations have made progress in loosening regulatory barriers when it comes to the exchange of defense technology for the alliance’s Pillar II initiative, but an Australian ...

MOOSE CREEK, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - An F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday on a flightline on Eielson Air Force Base, a military official told Alaska News Source. The pilot was uninjured, according to ...

When the law was last invoked in World War II, the Alien Enemies Act provided the legal authority for incarcerating noncitizens of Japanese, German, and Italian descent. It allows presidents to ...

Relatives of a World War II hero who thought their family member was "just a cook" were stunned to discover he was part of a secretive unit. Captain Leslie Scott's collection of Special Allied ...

Osama Elmasry Njeem was freed last week and flown home by an Italian state aircraft just days after being detained on an International Criminal Court arrest warrant. He was wanted over alleged ...

Simon Bolívar, born in 1783 in Venezuela, is often referred to as Latin America’s “liberator” for his role in the independence movements of multiple nations—Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and ...

A Royal Australian Navy MH-60R helicopter flies the Australian National Flag past Sydney Harbour (Defence) The first female pilot to be promoted to the rank of Group Captain in the RAAF has been ...

Lesson plans that include videos of the Tuskegee Airmen, groundbreaking Black pilots known for their service during World War II, and the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, the female World ...