World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war for new modern dogfighters.

Germany is known for its engineering expertise, and this resulted in some of the most impressive fighter planes in history.

When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December ...

When one thinks of Imperial Japan’s World War II fighter planes, the legendary Mitsubishi A6M Zero is undoubtedly the first to come to mind. The Zero was so famous that its name was generically ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

Harry Stewart Jr. would survive World War II as one of only four Tuskegee Airmen with three air-to-air victories in a single ...

Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the ...

Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the legendary flying corps’ most decorated pilots during the WWII, having claimed three Nazi ...

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., credited with taking down three Nazi planes in one fight while flying with the Tuskegee ...

While the B-17 helped win World War II and could defend itself with its 13 machine gun placements, they weren't nearly as agile as smaller fighter planes and were vulnerable without escort planes.