Army historian Peter Knight joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about World War II. What is the timeline ...

For at least five years, Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Russell Owen Chitwood remained misidentified amid the casualties from ...

In my new series Nose Art Stories (Episode 1), we will be looking at some of the best aircraft nose art from World War II and telling their incredible stories.

The USS Hornet — an aircraft carrier that saw service in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, ...

How hard was bailing out in World War II? When pilots had to jump from their damaged aircraft to pull a parachute to survive? Let's answer that question!

Casey Chong with a selection of must-see World War II horror movies for your watch list… World War II left an indelible mark ...

In 1940, the United Kingdom endured constant German Luftwaffe raids. Aircraft and pilot losses stretched the country’s ...

An Upstate fighter pilot will soon be laid to rest more than 82 years after was killed in a plane crash during World War II.

A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) excavated the crash site in August 2024 and found possible remains along with life ...

After 1st Lt. John Gothie failed to return from a bombing raid over Japan at the end of World War II, his cousins in Hazleton never knew what happened to him.

Science, art and logistics all play a role in how the U.S. military paints its aircraft to be ready for battle.

Britain’s best fighter aircraft of the early part of World War 2, the Supermarine Spitfire, was closely matched to the German ...