World War II
The Engine That Won World War II
The course of World War II would have been very different without Rolls-Royce’s immortal Merlin engine.
2000s
The U.S. Navy’s Curtiss NC-4: First Across the Atlantic
In the spring of 1919, three Navy-Curtiss flying boats set out to beat the competition and be the first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
WWII Figures
Alex Vraciu: The Indestructible WWII Ace
He shot down 19 Japanese planes. But he lost three Hellcats - they called him 'Grumman's best customer'
Korean War
Saberjet Secrets
Inadequate technical information concerning modifications to the fabled F-86 led to a series of major takeoff accidents
Aviation History Archives
In the P-51 Mustang’s Wake
The interesting question today is not whether the Mustang was fast, but why
Korean War Figures
Jesse L. Brown: The U.S. Navy’s First Black Aviator
The son of a sharecropper, Mississippi-born Jesse Leeroy Brown would do whatever it took to become a pilot and break the navy's color barrier
