By the summer of 1969, almost every element of the Apollo program had been tested and proven. The massive …

On April 9, 1942, the American and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula surrendered. Japanese conquest of the Philippines was …

The French phrase coup de main literally means “a strike of the hand.” In military jargon, it means “an offensive …

In a long career testing everything from the P-47 Thunderbolt to the F-105 Thunderchief, celebrated test pilot Lin Hendrix …

Less than a dozen years after the first manned balloon flights, the first aerial observation of a battlefield contributed to …

April 18 marks the anniversary of the Doolittle Raid on Japan conducted by Lt. Col. James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle and …

There are many reasons for including the Battle of Britain in any list of the greatest World War …

Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did …

Presidents and politics change. Since aviation began, one fact has remained constant: Each president has flown more than his predecessor. …

During World War I, the U-boat almost won the war for Germany. Karl Donitz had commanded a U-boat …