Kept under a veil of civilian airlines, glider clubs, and civil aviation clubs, the Luftwaffe emerged as a military force while the rest of Europe slept, and the He 51 was the backbone fighter of the ...

From there, his kill tally rose in twos and threes. On July 5, 1944, he stood atop the victory list in Europe with 28 kills, ...

While China’s new J-35 stealth fighter resembles the American F-35, the F-35’s true, decisive advantage lies in its vast global network. -The F-35 is a mature program with over 1,000 jets operated by ...

As the Allies closed in, the Luftwaffe’s last experimental fighter, the twin-engine Do 335 — raced against time. With 474 mph ...

Few machines capture the imagination like the sleek silhouette of a German warplane carving through the sky. Whether you ...

Previously published in two vols as: Fighters of the Luftwaffe. 1993 - Bombers of the Luftwaffe. 1994. Omnibus ed. first published: 1997.

Seen modelled by a BAE Systems test pilot, the Striker II will now be flown by the RAF and Luftwaffe Eurofighter pilots. (BAE Systems) The Luftwaffe is to join the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) in fielding ...

The Defiant’s real-world combat performance can be summed up in a ten-word nutshell: great against enemy bombers, not so great against enemy fighters. In other words, it was more of an interceptor ...

Relatives of the man in charge of protecting south-east England during the Battle of Britain have led a memorial service to mark its 85th anniversary. Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park took charge of ...

Germany has conducted its first firing of MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile from one of its Eurofighter combat aircraft. Announcing the development on 6 December, the German air ...

The German Luftwaffe said its jets had initially followed the Russian plane before handing off monitoring to the fighters from NATO ally Sweden, and then returning to Rostock-Laage airfield in ...