Eighty-six years ago today, on June 1, 1939, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190-nicknamed the “Shrike”-took to the skies for the first time. Designed by legendary German aeronautical engineer Kurt Tank ...

Meet the Focke-Wulf Fw 190: Along with the well-known Messerschmitt Bf 109, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 became the backbone of the Luftwaffe’s Jagdwaffe (fighter force) during the Second World War ...

The original FW-190 flew in the Summer of 1939, and entered service in September, 1941. The Focke Wolfe aircraft were designed by Dr. Kurt Tank, and some 20,000 were built during World War II.

This particular Fw 190 is the later-model A-8 variety. First leaving German factories in February 1944, just in time to take part in the defense of the Normandy beaches from the Allied invasions ...

In its day, pilots used to call the Focke-Wulf Fw-190 the Würger (Butcher Bird) because it was so adept at shooting down Allied aircraft. But when this 1944 example was pulled from the woods in ...

Today third-party developers had announcements, teases, and new assets to share about upcoming aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

The export order of the Fw 190A-3s was completed between July 1942 and March 1943. Around fifty examples of Focke-Wulf Fw 190, one of the best fighters flown by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force ...