The Corsair performed well during World War II, claiming 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses—an overall kill ratio ...

GIVEN the nature of warfare in urban environments and the limitations of past technologies, it is regrettably inevitable that ...

As a fighter ace who received the Medal of Honor after shooting down 26 Japanese planes over Guadalcanal during World War II, Joe Foss was accustomed to bold action. He was not afraid to think big ...

Japan, in World War II. Thinking individuals will be unsurprised to learn that the Enola Gay was not actually named after the ...

Tennyson was a 24-year-old first lieutenant in the U.S. Army when he was killed during World War II. Defense POW/MIA ... ten other crew members when the aircraft crashed into the water off Papua ...

publishing poetry and volunteering to fly in a kamikaze mission during World War II. Iichi Marumo competing in a 500-meter speedskating race in Yamagata City, Japan, in January 2024.Credit ...

Pilot John Leppla, right, was a WWII Navy ace, credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat ... made him both the Navy’s first World War II fighter ace and its first ...

The Trump administration reportedly flagged images of a World War II bomber because it has “gay” in its name. The Associated Press obtained a database of thousands of photos and online posts ...

Eighty years on from the Battle of Okinawa during World War II, the remains of some of ... of the Okinawa archipelago, southern Japan, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) U.S. MV-22 Osprey ...

When World War II broke out in ... The Tiger pilots combated the Japanese in the skies over China. Unbeholden to typical military regulation, the Tigers painted their aircraft with one of the ...

Island haunted by one of World War II's deadliest battles On April 1, 1945, U.S. troops landed on Okinawa during their push toward mainland Japan ... pollution, aircraft accidents and crime ...