March 6th, 1944. Twenty-three thousand feet over Germany. A B-17 Flying Fortress faced twelve Messerschmitt Bf 109s. In the ...

The VL Pyörremyrsky was Finland’s bold attempt to build a domestic fighter equal to Germany’s Messerschmitt Bf 109. Reaching ...

The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying ...

The Yak-9 performed more anti-tank missions, in particular, the Yak-9T variant with a 37mm cannon, in this case the ...

Once World War I ended, Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, which forbade the nation from maintaining an air ...

Scramble the cat, the mascot of the Kent Battle of Britain Museum, has a worldwide fanbase with some visitors saying they ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A plane carrying passengers from Omaha, Nebraska, to Los Angeles made an emergency landing minutes into the flight “out of an abundance of caution” after pilots mistakenly thought ...

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has taken the next logical step in making a Black Hawk helicopter autonomous by not only installing the gear needed for self-flying, but by yanking out the entire ...

Sikorsky’s newest helicopter is an unmanned version of its UH-60L Black Hawk, stripped of its cockpit to carry more cargo and keep aircrew out of harm’s way. Company officials hope the U.S. and other ...

The Smithsonian offers a pop-up experience for visitors to the world’s biggest airshow. Diane Tedeschi Chris Reddersen (sitting in the cockpit of an Me 262 replica) is an aircraft restoration ...

All eyes have been on guitarist Maggie Baugh in the wake of Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman’s separation, but a bit of internet sleuthing has revealed Baugh might already have a boyfriend… and no, it’s ...

The National Transportation Safety Board is now investigating after two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on the taxiway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Wednesday night, with the wing of one ...