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Throughout wartime there have been mysterious stories that have slipped through the cracks to go on and provoke speculation and talk, sometimes blurring the line between possible fact and fantasy. At 7:48 a.m. on December 7, 1941, the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu would be subject to a brutal surprise attack that would... Read more »

October 1942: At Muroc Dry Lake, in the high desert north of Los Angeles, California, Bell Aircraft Corporation’s Chief Test Pilot, Robert Morris Stanley, made the first flight of the top secret prototype turbojet-powered fighter, the Bell XP-59A Airacomet, serial number 42-108784. Weather was “C.A.V.U.” (Ceiling and Visibility Unrestricted) and wind was from the west at 20 miles per hour (9 meters per second).

Urbanist and historian Thomas J. Campanella, a professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning, was researching a book when he first came

The Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation (SAAHF) announced on Thursday the passing of its founding board member Stephen Bonner.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation (SAAHF) announced on Thursday the passing of its founding board member Stephe

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Many men from the Wilmington area earned multiple decorations for their time in service during WWII.

AVweb Close-up photo of a World War II aces victory marking (left) appears identical to a just-discovered souvenir brought home by a ground crewman 76 years ago. When Dave Seuf of Utica, New York, was going through his late father’s souvenirs from his service in World War II recently, he found a small scrap of aluminum aircraft skin painted with a black cross, such as those applied to the sides of Allied fighter planes to represent Luftwaffe aircraft shot down. Seuf knew his f...

True Warriors: The U.S. Eighth Air Force Was Really Number One The Eighth Air Force served in combat longer than any other U.S. Army unit in the European Theater. Key Point: After more than two years of aerial bombardment of targets throughout Germany and Occupied Europe, the Eighth Air Force had come to symbolize heavy bombing. When World War II in Europe came to an end, the Eighth Air Force was the most famous unit in the U.S. Army Air Forces and, until the massive Boeing B-29 Superfortress ...

Meet the Nazi’s Arado Ar-234: World War II’s Only Jet Bomber Able to reach a speed of 540 miles per hour, the Arado Ar-234 Blitz was the fastest combat aircraft in the world. Heres What You Need to Remember: Others insist that while the Ar-234 was a technical marvel, the only jet bomber used in World War II, the Allies had the enormous advantage of sheer numbers of men and machines. By this reasoning, the Ar-234, despite its high-tech qualities, could not have delayed the war’s inevitabl...