Two Nazi soldiers stand guard at the grave of Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, the most successful German fighter pilot during WWI with 80 downed planes, in Berlin, Germany, April 5, 1938.

The strategies of Eddie Rickenbacker’s era live on today with pilots flying F-22 Raptors in the 94th Fighter Squadron. On October 28, 1916, German pilot Oswald Boelcke, in flight with five ...

There is simply no time beforehand. Today's mission is an exercise, however: A Eurofighter pilot is simulating the interception of another German fighter jet with his aircraft. In the Baltic Sea ...