The early attempt at drones in World War II saw the Army Air Forces convert B-17 bombers into remote-controlled flying bombs.

WWI pilots were known for their aerial combat skills and were called aces. This Belgian ace did one impressive feat during ...

Poignant sound of whistles heard as tributes paid to the 20,000 British soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of the ...

As Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka’s first female Executive President, turns 80 on June 29, a timely question ...

Leonard Dowling, who turned 100 on June 21, shared some of his WWII experience about getting shot down in a Liberator bomber ...

Push-pull engine configurations have been a feature on some military aircraft since the First World War. One of the earliest examples was the Kennedy Giant, an experimental British heavy bomber ...

With German Zeppelins dominating the skies, Britain launched the unthinkable—WW1’s first aircraft carrier strike. Armed with Sopwith Camels and no way to land, this was a one-way mission into ...

Share or comment on this article: The WWI fighter ace who was 'better than the Red Baron': Medals of fearless pilot who shot down ten German planes in one month are set to fetch £20,000 6 ...

Trench raiding clubs were homemade melee weapons used by both sides during World War I. However, there's something special about the German Trench Club.

A replica WWI aircraft, the Fokker D.VIII, was involved in a fatal crash at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome on Oct. 5. Here's what to know about the plane.

A World War I German Albatross is displayed at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Red Hook, New York, in 2014. A replica of a Fokker D.VIII plane, used by Germany in World War I, was involved ...

The German fighters were manned by four of the most seasoned veterans of Jasta 18 – Paul Strähle, Otto Schober, Arthur Rahn and Johannes Klein – who were ready to take on the British fighters.