The 8th Air Force was established in the weeks following the attack on Pearl Harbor in February of 1942. The Mighty 8th ...

Lt. j.g. John Koelsch's most notable sortie ultimately cost him his life, but through his actions, the pilot he risked his ...

A biplane used by Britain throughout the WWI, the Handley Page Type O was one of the largest aircraft ever designed when it ...

Dogfights in WWII were intense, and when planes were damaged, pilots had no choice but to bail out manually. How hard was it ...

The kamikaze suicide plane was a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat by a desperate Japan. But its fatal flaw doomed its ...

Another member of the Greatest Generation has passed, as WWII pilot Bill Patten has been laid to rest at Fort Snelling. FOX 9 ...

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They attend classes in a hangar surrounded by WWII aircraft equipment, training devices, and publications. [Credit: Tim O'Brien/ Plane & Pilot] There is even an administration office with a clerk ...

A Second World War aviator flew a plane which was on fire for 500 miles while trying to put it out with flasks of tea ...