Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. While others came from occupied nations in Europe, including: Czechs, Poles, French and ...

From Looney Toons characters to shark teeth to pinup models, nose art on aircraft has a storied history in air forces around ...

On a table lay black-and-white photographs of a young Fajkus enjoying a swim, practicing gymnastics and proudly wearing his military uniform. World War II fighter pilot Antonin Fajkus receives ...

In 1941, the formation of the first group of Black military pilots and mechanics was underway in Tuskegee, Alabama where ...

The pilots of the RAF, who became known as "The Few", stood ... Scrub back and forth below to see a Battle of Britain dogfight in action. WW2: Did the war change life for women?

As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill said about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots’ heroic performance ... fighter planes of WWII, especially the ones that contributed to the defeat ...

The Gloster Meteor holds the unique distinction of being the only Allied fighter jet to operate during World War II, and its development began ... and it became operational on July 27th, 1944 with the ...

He was a World War II fighter pilot, an author of a memoir, a robust gymnast and a strong swimmer who at nearly 90 years old was out-swimming his son on Lake Michigan. He was also an avid sailor ...

The funeral for the man believed to have been the last surviving World War Two Bomber Command pilot has been held in ... along with an RAF bugler who played the Last Post. Jack Harris while ...

A company which trains RAF fighter pilots has secured a new deal allowing it to keep its base at a regional airport. Aviation firm Draken has signed a £173m contract with the Ministry of Defence ...

The Mitchell Institute recommends retaining experienced fighter pilots from Air Force Reserve components like the Air National Guard, shown here at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, in 2024.