It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen honored two sisters for their efforts during World War II. Pillen recognized Margy Dietz and Marcy ...

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has ...

A P-51 Mustang flies over Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., during a 2015 event. (A1C Philip Bryant/Air Force) For the Allied forces, the skies over Europe from 1942 to 1943 brought ...

For the Allied forces, the skies over Europe from 1942 to 1943 brought near ruinous casualty numbers. The odds of a B-17 crewman surviving the 25 missions required to complete a tour were only one ...

Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World War II, U.S. forces relied on other, less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily ...

The remains of a World War II veteran from Cambridge Springs have been accounted for and will soon be sent home to Pennsylvania. Corporal Glenn Hodak was an Air Force gunner shot down during a ...

When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...

An epic crash compilation of bomber formation attacks in the historical World War II Combat Flight Simulator IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles. The 'Dirty 15' percent: Some countries will take a harder ...

Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson arrived in the European Theater of World War II in 1943, an experienced pilot at a time when many of his contemporaries had around an hour of experience in the cockpit.