It has been nearly 70 years since the last combat aircraft lifted into the air during World War II to join the largest air armada ever to fill the skies, but on Saturday, August 16, four rare WWII ...

The USS ‘Yorktown’ was sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Battle of Midway in June 1942 and now rests at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has been writing ...

Air power may have proved lethally effective during the First World War, but the technology was still in its infancy. By 1939, however, European air forces as well as North American and Asian powers ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Only extraordinary circumstances—particularly the lack of Combat Air Patrol—made the ambush of the Glorious possible by two large capital ships on a clear day. Only ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. When Gen. Dwight Eisenhower surveyed the beaches of ...

If you are the captain of an aircraft carrier, these are the words you do not want to hear: “Enemy battleship in sight!” Not that the Glorious was ever a lucky ship. Built in late 1916 as a ...

B-17 Texas Raiders offers an up-close look at aviation history during weekend “Wings and Wheels” event. It has been nearly 70 years since the last B-17 lifted into the air during WWII to join the ...