The Yak-9 performed more anti-tank missions, in particular, the Yak-9T variant with a 37mm cannon, in this case the ...

The go-to aircraft when it comes to ridiculing Second World War German aircraft design, the Bv 141 was an extremely efficient ...

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Louis E. Roemer was taken prisoner in the Philippines when the Japanese in May 1942 captured the island fortress of Corregidor, after American forces lost the Bataan Peninsula.

On Jan. 3, 2026, President Donald Trump authorized an attack on Venezuela that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás ...

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Toxic soil and water were found in a Florida neighborhood built on a former World War II military dump. Recent tests revealed contaminants like arsenic, lead, and dioxins at levels above federal ...

Les Schrenk and Casey Bukowski already share a special bond as World War II veterans. After all, not many from the Greatest Generation are still alive. But when Schrenk, 102, and Bukowski, 101, met ...

Archie Hemsley may be 101, but his mastery on the golf course is a sight to behold. Hemsley, a British World War II veteran, recently bested 30 other competitors at a tournament for golfers age 80 and ...

For every Spitfire, Mustang or Fw 190, there was a plane as terrible as these aeroplanes were fabulous. Considering the pace of technology and the dire global situation, it is hardly surprising that ...

Today, short takeoff and landing capability in fighter jets is seen as one of the most valuable tools in air combat. Aircraft like the F-35B Lightning II, able to operate from small ships and damaged ...

A focus on certain types of power foods helped the nation survive a blockade. A British shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a homemaker's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon during ...

The US is renovating World War II-era naval and air bases as it speeds up military preparations in the Pacific Ocean region ...