In 1944, RAAF pilot Jim Mitchell took to the skies over Dutch New Guinea - one of the most dangerous theaters of World War II. His story, written decades later by his grandson, captures the tension, ...

The night was warm and muggy over New Castle Air Force Base in Delaware, the kind of heat that clung to the metal skins of the alert fighter jets lined along the runway.

For years, there was only a name and a legacy his family never let fade. On the afternoon of Dec. 14, family members and ...

An American Jewish fighter pilot whose plane was shot down in the Chinese theater during World War II was given a proper ...

A lifelong love of aviation took retired Navy fighter pilot Wayne Strausbaugh around the world and into the skies over some ...

Bush-pilot lore celebrates the humor, quick thinking, grace under pressure and flying skills that sum up what it means to be ...

Major Charles “Bazooka Charlie” Carpenter was not supposed to be fighting tanks—his job was to scout. But when he strapped ...

God only knows what we’d be without them, to paraphrase a lyric by the late, great singer-songwriter Brian Wilson. This year’s passing parade is indeed irreplaceable, icons who made an indelible mark ...