Did America really build a flying saucer? During World War II, the U.S. developed the Vought XF5-U, a bizarre, disc-shaped aircraft meant to change aerial combat. But why didn’t it take off?

One of four flying wings originally built in 1944 as test aircraft in support of the XB-35 and YB-35 experimental bombers developed for the U.S. Army Air Forces, the ultra-rare N-9M crashed at the ...

The B-24 Liberator was the most produced US aircraft of World War II and vital to the Allied victory ... themselves rarely knew where they were flying, what they were carrying, or to whom they ...

Built to copy some of the 1950’s era innovations in delta-style jet aircraft, the plane is essentially a flying wing that seats four. And it’s not just all good looks: people who have flown ...

MARTINSBURG — History touched down at the Altoona-Blair County Airport this weekend as the iconic aircraft of World War II arrived ... eight in flying condition in the United States, the B ...

The Philippine Mars took one last stop at its former base, NAS Alameda. After a short stay, the flying boat took off for its ...

Stewart celebrates his “hat trick” after downing three Nazi aircraft ... pilots from the World War II-era 332nd Fighter Group, a segregated all-Black wing of the United States Army Air ...

But that might soon change, with blended wing airliners looking like the next step in air travel efficiency. In the video after the break, [Real Engineering] takes us on a fascinating tour of the ...

A discovery by the Museum and National Trust has revealed that not only did the Falkland Islands donate Spitfires to the British war effort in World War II ... aircraft to the Royal Flying Corps ...