In a rare World War II naval upset, two German battleships, the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, ambushed and sank the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious in 1940. -The disaster was the result of a series ...

The Catalina’s actions at Midway not only redeemed its reputation after early war setbacks, but also exemplified how ...

Car found amid sunken remnants of WWII-era aircraft carrier. The Yorktown, which could hold up to 2,200 personnel and 90 aircraft, was part of several operations in World War II after it was ...

Researchers found a 1940s car in the hangar deck of the USS 'Yorktown' while exploring the wreckage of the World War II aircraft carrier, which was sunk by a Japanese submarine in World War II in ...

Fighter aircraft have always been the cutting edge of air combat. Whether ripping through the skies of Europe in World ...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - Winds sweeping through Iowa Saturday halted a planned flight of a restored 1940 PT-19 World War II-era plane at the Council Bluffs Airport.

Vintage World War II aircraft are coming to Coulter Airfield on June 21 as the Commemorative Air Force hosts a one-day Warbird Expo. The event features the B-25 Mitchell bomber Devil Dog, a SNJ/T6 ...

For him, the experience — seeing pristine World War II aircraft, watching reenactors clad in military uniforms and carrying rifles, visiting a model of a 1940s French village — sparked a lot ...

BERN TWP., Pa. - It is called Placid Lassie and it is on full display this World War II Weekend at Reading Regional Airport in Bern Township. "This is a 1943 C-47," said Robert Sabbatino, co-pilot ...