In the stark, unforgiving skies of North Africa, Hans-Joachim Marseille, revered as the Star of Africa, engaged French ace ...

Leonard Dowling, who turned 100 on June 21, shared some of his WWII experience about getting shot down in a Liberator bomber ...

About two years ago I was talking with Mike, a friend of mine I've known since Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and he asked me a question out of left field: What if we went on a tour of ...

It was supposed to be a routine mission. On April 10, 1944, Maj. Donald K. Willis, flying with the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, was tasked with escorting an Allied bombing run on a ...

The helmets were rolled out to pilots in the U.K., Italy, Germany, and Spain — all countries that jointly developed the Eurofighter Typhoon.

Of all the World War II stories that unfolded, even today some remain shrouded in mystery with unanswered questions about the fate of brave service personnel. Cranfield University has said that as ...

The world's first functional fighter jet saw its fair share of action during the latter end of World War II, when Allied nations started using the likes of P-51 Mustangs and P-47 Thunderbolts ...

Witness the restoration of a historic M40 German helmet found on a WWII battlefield! This helmet, deeply rusted and worn, undergoes an expert cleaning process using oxalic acid to carefully remove ...

BAE Systems announced on Dec. 11, 2024, that it has been awarded a new £133 million contract to further develop its Striker II Helmet Mounted-Display (HMD). Under this new contract, ...

Rochester-based BAE Systems is to enhance its fighter pilot helmet technology. Picture: BAE Systems “The contract award is also great news for the programme, as the international commitment to ...

German statistics state that the pre-war population of Essen had fallen from 648,000 to 310,000. No losses for 463 squadron.

AUBURN — A mainstay piece of equipment for Auburn football's Week 12 is especially fitting attire, as Louisiana-Monroe football is wearing a helmet against the Tigers that's inspired by the ...