The Battle of Kursk was more than a tank clash—it was an air war of attrition. Soviet pilots, poorly trained but overwhelming in numbers, swarmed the skies. But German aces, flying superior machines, ...

The Luftwaffe retired the last of its A310 MRTT aircraft the week prior to the ILA Berlin Air Show. (Janes/Patrick Allen) The Luftwaffe has retired its Airbus A310 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) ...

The present-day German Air Force aka the Luftwaffe, though well-trained and highly capable, doesn’t have the numbers or notoriety that its predecessors of the first half of the 20th century enjoyed.

There was a dramatic change in the tactics of warfare with the outbreak of World War II. New technologies altered the way that battles were fought, and aircraft, in particular, were a more crucial ...