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Germany summoned the Chinese ambassador to the foreign ministry on Tuesday after saying China's military had laser-targeted a ...
A leaked preliminary assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency on June 24 said that the damage was minimal. Whom to ...
Controllers switched frequencies and planes were “safely separated,” officials said. The 90-second outage on Monday followed communications problems at Newark’s airport.
Despite that, the company did make a few engines that powered some iconic Luftwaffe airplanes. These are six German airplanes that took flight using BMW engines.
Although it may look like a simple process of an aircraft fleet taking off in a hurry, a scramble is actually a complex ...
When the H IX became an official Luftwaffe experimental project, it became known as the Ho 229 and each prototype received a Versuch (test or experiment) sub-designation, abbreviated V, and followed ...
Dorsal fins are on airplanes are not just some added lateral area—they're a vortex generator.
When it comes to WWII airplanes, the P-51 Mustang and Spitfire often dominate the conversation. However, these planes deserve their credit.
Germany's Luftwaffe has deployed Eurofighter combat aircraft to Finland as part of a wider revamp of its Agile Combat Employment (ACE) capabilities.
Richard Bong - the deadliest American WWII pilot - amassed 40 air-to-air kills with the P-38 Lightning. Bong transitioned from high school athlete to pilot through the Civilian Pilot Training Program.
Explore the life of Melitta von Stauffenberg, a Jewish aeronautical engineer and test-pilot who flew for the Luftwaffe and helped plan the Valkyrie attack on Hitler.
Interwar development resulted in entirely new classes of planes such as bombers, night fighters, and ground attack aircraft. These were the most important.