On March 19, 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, after enduring a fierce Japanese assault, was a smoldering wreck. The ...

At 101, Kansas native Jim Sharp climbed into a World War II–era biplane and lifted off over the Flint Hills — a few minutes ...

Southwest Industrial Rigging used a Western Star 49X to move a massive, 76,000-pound Mars flying boat to its new home at the ...

Clarence “Bill” Wenzel, a World War II veteran and retired Navy pilot, never set out to live a century. “I look back on all ...

Many of the most legendary battles of World War II were directly shaped by the actions of pilots, with several crucial battles fought almost entirely in the skies. For example, at least nine different ...

On Dec. 9, 1941, two days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Vultee Vice President of Production D. I. Caroll boasted that the plane manufacturer's Nashville division had increased productivity by two ...

TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa Air and Space Museum is hosting the "Air Power History Tour" featuring aircraft from World War II flying in the the sky. The aircrafts include a B-29 Super Fortress named ...

Donald McPherson, a WWII Navy aviator and believed to be the last surviving American fighter ace, passed away at age 103. He served in the Pacific Theater, flying combat patrols and participating in ...

When one of the world’s largest flying boats could not take to the air, it got a lift from a Western Star truck. The ...

An Iowan will be laid to rest more than 80 years after his death in World War II.Second Lt. Blaine Wilcox of Pacific Junction ...