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In what would later be known as one of the biggest air battles since World War II, Israel destroyed 82 Syrian planes in a single day without losing a single Israeli aircraft.
Late in World War II, Germany’s Me-262 jet fighters took to the skies against the U.S. Army Air Forces’ P-51 Mustangs. This video recounts those dramatic encounters over Germany, where speed clashed ...
Often called the “forgotten godfather” of modern ground attack planes such as the A-10 Thunderbolt II (or “Warthog”), the ...
When Billy Hobbs and his fellow Hellcat aviators from Air Group 88 lifted off from the venerable Navy carrier USS Yorktown early on the morning of August 15, 1945, they had no idea they were about to ...
The early attempt at drones in World War II saw the Army Air Forces convert B-17 bombers into remote-controlled flying bombs.
An aerial clash between India and Pakistan that has been described as one of the biggest air battles since the end of World War II highlights how modern air combat now happens mostly out of sight ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi are expected to travel to China for the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan.
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, we asked historians to share their favorite museums around the world.
President Donald Trump hinted that the Department of Defense may revert to the Department of War, a title used in the early ...