Air power may have proved lethally effective during the First World War, but the technology was still in its infancy. By 1939, however, European air forces as well as North American and Asian powers ...

The fighter aircraft was never more important than it was during the global calamity that began in 1939. However, at this time of need, the fighter types available were pretty limited to say the least ...

A new heritage trail is celebrating the workers who worked on thousands of planes.

Soon after the invention and mass adoption of airplanes, governments started used them for war. Suddenly, soldiers had to watch out for flying machines spraying hot lead and dropping bombs. However, ...

SPIRITS IN THE SKY : THE AIRPLANES OF WORLD WAR II : PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE CONFEDERATE AIR FORCE FOREWORD BY ROSS PEROT JR PHOTO EDITOR JOHN MATTHEWS TEXT NANCY ROBINSON MASTERS ...