In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.

Banned from flying in the U.S., these 25 American women headed to Britain to help ferry military aircraft—and fascinated the ...

Nikolai Shishkin was 19 years old when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union. In 1940, after finishing school, he was called ...

During World War II, American fighter pilots relied on specialized uniforms, survival gear, and flight equipment to withstand ...

is considering designating its sixth-generation fighter being developed under the collaborative GCAP (Global Combat Air Program) as “Reppu” (Strong Wind/Gale), after a World War II Imperial ...

Legend had it that Dorothy Furey was the daughter of a wealthy banana importer. Legend had it that her family lost a fortune ...

THIS is the shocking moment a Spitfire crash landed in a field while “practising for a VE Day event”. The 82-year-old World War II fighter aircraft made the emergency landing in a ...

The 5 female pilots and 130 male recruits who packed onto the SS Beaverhill ... although she was the first American woman cleared to fly during World War II, before her country even joined the fight.