How the Intrepid Moved a World War II Fighter Plane
The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.
Grounded RAF WW2 fighters cleared to fly again
World War Two fighter aircraft grounded after a fatal crash are to fly again, the RAF has said. The Battle of Britain ...
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Dutch Fokker D.VII Fighter Looted During WWII to Be Returned
Eight decades after a Dutch Fokker D.VII Fighter was looted by Nazis, the World War I-era fighter biplane is set to return to ...
3 Of The Worst Combat Aircraft Flown During The Korean War
The Korean War featured the first jets the U.S. military flew in combat, but not everything was new and shiny. Some aircraft ...
US Fighter Jet Generations: A Complete History
The history of the fighter jet has dominated the 20th century. See how they've evolved from rudimentary experiments to ...
10 Military Aviation Movies Featuring Real Aircraft
From dogfights to epic bombing runs, these 10 military aviation films soar with real aircraft that bring authentic air power ...
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P-80 Shooting Star: America’s First True Fighter Jet
As one would expect, the transition to jet-powered fighters was fraught with danger—and prototype P-80 test flights resulted ...
Service to remember WW2 plane tragedy 80 years on
A service is being held to remember the last German aircraft to be brought down over British soil during World War Two. On 4 ...
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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
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World War II-era Soldier developed the lithium-ion battery
John B. Goodenough, a former soldier, was awarded the Nobel Prize for helping create the lithium-ion battery, used today in a ...
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Moray schoolboy unearths what looks like a Second World War plane in his backyard
For the past two years Aonghas Hurford has been finding various plane parts buried around the farm where he lives in the Moray village of Pluscarden. Amongst the discoveries made by the 13-year-old ...