Nazi engineers developed some of the most ambitious and unconventional aircraft concepts of World War II. This countdown ...

A critical advantage to the Mosquito’s wooden construction was its relatively light weight—giving it a fantastic top speed of ...

Near the end of World War II, the Luftwaffe designed a bomber that could carry out transatlantic missions, putting New York ...

The Hawker Hurricane was not as attractive or streamlined as the Spitfire, and it failed to capture the public’s respect in ...

In 1943, when Nazi field marshal Hermann Göring demanded that the Luftwaffe’s next bomber aircraft be able to carry a 1,000-kilogram bomb load 1,000 kilometers into enemy territory at a speed ...

German term for an air force. It was also the official name for the Nazi air force founded in 1935. Led by Hermann Goering, it became the largest and most powerful in Europe by the start of World War ...

In six days U.S. and British bombers dropped 20,000 tons ... to smash up German war power (especially aircraft industry) on the ground; to bleed the Luftwaffe white in grinding air combat.

That arms race extends to the skies. China's H-6 bomber, which has been operational for many years, gives Beijing the ability to hit targets in potential conflict zones like the disputed South China ...

The last of Hitler’s army to surrender were stationed in a desolate arctic wasteland—a key vantage point in the little-known ...

A World War Two American fighter pilot has been surprised with a flight in a Mustang aeroplane 80 years to the day after he ...