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Aviation History
Spanish-built versions of the Me-109 lend an air of authenticity to World War II feature films....
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Homepage Featured Top Stories
The amazing Rocketdyne F-1 powered Apollo astronauts to the moon...
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Aviation History Magazine
In 1897 three Swedish aeronauts set out for the North Pole in a balloon, only to disappear in the vast Arctic. Their fate would remain a mystery for 33 years...
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Aviation History Magazine
Before computer-generated images, aviation films had real airplanes and real aviators at the controls....
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Aviation History Magazine, HistoryNet, Homepage Featured Top Stories, Homepage Hero, Mag: Aviation History Aircraft, Mag: Aviation History Hero
From inauspicious biplane beginnings to near mastery of the skies above combat zones, UAVs have a rich history....
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World War II Magazine
The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in the West by Karl-Heinz Frieser, with John T. Greenwood; Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., 2005, $47.50. Case Yellow, the victorious German campaign in Western Europe in 1940, continues to...
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World War II Magazine
Flying their B-24 Liberators in the flak-filled skies over Europe late in World War II, the men of the 445th Bombardment Group knew they were renowned among the Eighth Air Force for two primary reasons—one, their ranks included Hollywood...
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World War II Magazine
The thousands of young men who flew in the terror-filled skies over Nazi-occupied Europe laid the foundation for American air power well into the 21st century, all while confronting some of the most timeless questions in the history of...
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Aviation History
A C-47 pilot gives his son a firsthand look at the dangerous missions he flew in flak-filled skies on D-Day and beyond....
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Aviation History Magazine
The course of World War II would have been very different without Rolls-Royce’s immortal Merlin engine....
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MHQ Magazine
Although a number of American citizens flew for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, the United States learned little from their experience. The heavens were threatening rain, but the mission was deemed sufficiently critical to...
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Aviation History
Sixty years after its introduction, Lockheed’s U-2 spyplane continues to serve as America’s eyes in the sky over distant battlefields....
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Aviation History
When the French Resistance needed help, a squadron of ex–sub hunters became the air arm of the OSS. In May 1944, not long after their arrival in England, B-24 Liberator pilot Captain George Johnson and crews of the 788th Bombardment...
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Aviation History, Aviation History Magazine, HistoryNet
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....
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Aviation History Magazine, HistoryNet
Still going strong after 60 years of service, the rock-solid MiG-21 supersonic fighter gained a fearsome reputation despite its lackluster combat record. While the United States was cranking out Century Series fighters, all spectacular but...
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Military History, MH Interviews
Cole was co-pilot to famed USAAF Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle in the lead plane of 16 B-25B bombers that boldly raided targets in Japan on April 18, 1942...
