September 19th, 1942. Oberleutnant Wilhelm Johnen pushes his Messerschmitt Bf 109G to its absolute limit, engine screaming at maximum power,[...] ...

Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406 was the most numerous French fighter aircraft at the beginning of WW2. Curtiss Hawk was the first ...

Who really were the most dominant fighter pilots of the Second World War? Welcome back to History of War Elites![...] ...

The 119th Fighter Squadron at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base has a new flagship: a jet that bears the tail insignia of the Jersey Jerk, the name of the planes that hero pilot Donald J.

In the summer of 1940, the fate of Europe hung in the balance as the Luftwaffe prepared to crush Britain from the air. Fresh from their lightning victories in France and the Low Countries, German ...

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

Kept under a veil of civilian airlines, glider clubs, and civil aviation clubs, the Luftwaffe emerged as a military force while the rest of Europe slept, and the He 51 was the backbone fighter of the ...

A National Air and Space Museum researcher solves a World War II mystery Richard Whittle Melitta von Stauffenberg was an engineer who insisted on flying her own tests of aircraft modifications she had ...

Viewers have lauded a BBC drama that follows the harrowing journey of a Spitfire pilot, describing it as a hidden gem worthy of "high school history class." Directed by Matthew Whiteman, this ...

A new conception of the warplane is emerging in Europe. Today it is the Flying Fortress (B17) and Liberator (B-24). Tomorrow it will be the air dreadnought —not only capable of bombing the earth below ...