Strategic resources have been central to the American-led global system for decades, as a historian explains. But US actions ...

Explore the fascinating history of how German Luftwaffe pilots meticulously tracked and displayed their aerial victories from the Spanish Civil War through the major battles of World War II. From ...

Heroes came in all colors. Beginning with the Civil War, Black men had joined, and been drafted into, the U.S. military.

In November 1943, a lost American P-47 Thunderbolt landed on a German airfield by mistake. Luftwaffe engineers seized the ...

The Ta 183 combined boldly swept wings, a compact fuselage, and Heinkel’s HeS 011 turbojet, though prototypes were to rely ...

A shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security at the end of the day Friday appears certain as lawmakers in the House and Senate were set to leave Washington for a 10-day break and negotiations ...

Long-range weapons and other technologies are blurring the lines between combat and non-combat situations for sailors.

I f you’ve never seen a laser shoot an aircraft out of the sky, the experience can be unsettling. The weapon fits comfortably ...

For a platform lacking sim style games, Aces of Thunder is a welcome quality addition. Wonderful recreations of WW I & II aircraft.

Historian and Ph.D. research fellow Andreas Eliassen Grini at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has delved into German soldiers' descriptions of their experiences in Northern ...

Army Pvt. Duane Berry Jr. turned 109 on Feb. 5 in Cantonment. Seriously injured during WWII, he's one of war's oldest ...

Specialized anti-armor aircraft date back to World War II—but not all planes are well-equipped to take on ground targets.