Scooter, Spad, Ford, FiFi, and Willy Fudd are among the many naval aviation nicknames given to U.S. Navy aircraft over …

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 …

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. …

The Republic XF-103 was a beautiful concept for a combat aircraft and a terrific example of a “might …

On May 20, 1927, Capt. Charles Lindbergh (U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve) became the first aviator to successfully complete a …