Air power may have proved lethally effective during the First World War, but the technology was still in its infancy. By 1939, however, European air forces as well as North American and Asian powers ...

In 2004, the V-173 was loaned to the Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation, where retired Vought employees spent eight years restoring it. The V-173 was then put on display at the Frontiers of Flight ...

In the wake of the 2019 B-17 Flying Fortress accident, the Foundation decided to ground its aircraft and put them on permanent display. The Collings Foundation, whose Wings of Freedom tour brought ...

Even the ABS is derived from a once-complex braking system of fighter jets.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 3—A trio of historic World War II aircraft are scheduled to arrive at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Tuesday ...

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), an Essex-class aircraft carrier, fought in battles across the Pacific Theater, including at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. It suffered heavy casualties during the invasion of Okinawa ...

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Some of the most iconic aircraft from World War II are in Tulsa. The Commemorative Air Force Air Power History Tour partnered with the Tulsa Air and Space Museum to bring the B-29 Superfortress “Fifi” ...

World War II was such an all-encompassing conflict that nearly everyone was involved in one way or another. In the United States, civilians gathered scrap metal and other materials for the war effort, ...