Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the ...

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the legendary flying corps’ most decorated pilots during the WWII, having claimed three Nazi ...

The U.S. Air Force has removed training courses for service members that included historical videos of its storied Black ...

“ By the afternoon, only one Japanese carrier remained: Hiryū. It’s believed Best’s bomb was one of four to strike the vessel, making him the first pilot to successfully bomb two Japanese aircraft ...

The USS Doris Miller, the fourth planned Ford-class carrier named after an enlisted sailor in World War II, is scheduled to begin construction next year. Modern U.S. Navy aircraft carriers have ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B ...

Among the first military aircraft to use the shark design were ... on some of its Sopwith Dolphin fighter planes. During World War II, the Luftwaffe's BF 110 aircraft and ME-110 fighter ...

In 1933, a Navy Reserve Squadron in New York asked Walt Disney's company to develop an insignia for the military unit. What Disney devised was an image of Mickey Mouse riding a goose, with a Navy ...

On Dec. 2, 2024, Perry Dahl, one of the last living American WWII aces who shot down five or more enemy aircraft ... The Japanese navy was not active in New Guinea at that time, however, and ...