The aircraft would be modified after the conflict as the Gloster Meteor F.4, which would become the first jet aircraft to be ...

Germany is known for its engineering expertise, and this resulted in some of the most impressive fighter planes in history.

The island of Tinian was used to launch U.S. bomber raids on Japan during World War II, including the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Stewart celebrates his “hat trick” after downing three Nazi aircraft. (Courtesy of Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart/HistoryNet) Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., one of World War II’s few ...

Not every experimental jet fighter made by the U.S. military would go on to reach production, for any number of reasons.

While many US fighter jet designs have fallen by the wayside ... which became the standard in WWII. The aircraft was a radical departure from the typical wood-and-fabric biplanes seen up to that point ...

Capt. G A Fernando [email protected] Former President, Aircraft Owners and Operators Association, Sri Lanka The HS 125 was designed and built in 1962 as the de Havilland 125 (DH 125) and later by the ...

The history of military aviation is filled with powerful and deadly aircraft that have played significant roles in warfare.

In Nevada, the deadliest plane crash was in 1964. A four-engine Constellation operated by California’s Paradise Airlines traveling from Oakland crashed in a mountain near Lake Tahoe after two failed ...