This historic World War II footage shows U.S. Navy aircraft returning from combat and landing on carrier decks at sea. You ...

Of the more than 11 million American armed service members who served during World War II, only about 66,000 are still alive today. Chief video correspondent Graham Flanagan interviewed 106-year-old ...

U.S. Navy aviator Ensign Howard Allen Holding’s family learned the 22-year-old was declared missing in action during World ...

The Hellcat’s forgiving flight characteristics and durability allowed less experienced pilots to survive early engagements and gain greater experience against the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero.

There were few World War 2 fighters that could match the speed and firepower of America’s premier warbirds. The Republic P-47 ...

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

The Jet Age began in the wake of World War 2, when technology made a massive leap and more fighter aircraft began ...

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 ...

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 ...

Had the Aquila been completed, it could have bolstered Italy’s Mediterranean operations by providing fleet air defense and strike capabilities. Not wanting to be viewed as the ‘sick man’ of the Axis ...