determined American pilots who helped France battle German aggression before the U.S. joined the war in the spring of 1918. Lufbery was America’s first “Flying Ace,” having shot down his ...

He is a first rate combat pilot and the reckless bravery of his attacks … are something you can well be proud of.” When one thinks of America’s World War II air aces—those who have destroyed five or ...

Colonel Boyington excelled as a pilot in both groups and received a Medal of Honor. Boyington stands as a top Marine Corps ...

"Would I experience the same escapism and exhilaration that viewers in 1926 felt while watching?" he wondered. Here’s what he ...

the flying ace. In the summer of 1918, an RAF pilot flying one of these, an SE5A fighter, shot down ten enemy aircraft in the space of just thirteen days, now that’s a kill rate that compares ...