The Red Tails’ most significant mission was the escort of B-17 bombers on a bombing run over Berlin in March 1945. They flew ...

Near the end of the war, the average age of a B-17 crew member in 1944 was 19 to 22, with pilots and co-pilots somewhat older and gunners, radio operators, and flight engineers a little younger, some ...

Harry Richardson, a bomber pilot during the Second World War, celebrated his 107th birthday at the Royal Air Forces ...

Lieutenant Colonel Walter M. Drake was a centenarian who lived an exceptional life, from countless combat missions to educating others about aviation. After serving as an expert pilot, he later became ...

On August 9, 1952, during the Korean War, a flight of four Hawker Sea Furys took off from the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier, ...

Executive Order that read in part, ‘the heads of each agency shall take immediate steps to end Federal implementation of ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

The ascendance of mediocrity mixed with cruelty starts at the top, and yes, I mean the reality-show commander-in-chief and ...

U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi introduced legislation last week that would create a planning commission to examine the possibility of ...

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated combat pilot of the 332nd Fighter Group and one of the last ...