By sending warships beyond Japan, the Chinese Navy is demonstrating its ability to project sea and air power far past its ...

Had the Aquila been completed, it could have bolstered Italy’s Mediterranean operations by providing fleet air defense and ...

The opening of the air war over the Pacific was brutal. Allied pilots found themselves facing an enemy whose fighters appeared to be able to run rings around their own. The most notable of these ...

June 4 (UPI) --Wednesday is the 83rd anniversary of the Battle of Midway, which turned the tide against the Japanese during World War II ... the USS Yorktown aircraft carriers and supporting ...

The federal government recognises three American ships sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1942 killing more than 600 men as having ...

The glory window for warplanes passes quickly, but these iconic models earned a place in aircraft eternity with performances ...

Below is a curated list of some of the most exotic—and ... warships were a big feature of naval life, say, during World War II. Today, that spirit lives on. The USS Intrepid, docked in Manhattan ...

The surviving crew of the USS Frank E. Evans believed they were at war. But the names of their shipmates aren’t on the ...

It was a game changer for many pilots fighting against the Imperial Japanese ... aircraft. An online list includes a pair of F6F Hellcats, the most successful naval fighter of World War II ...

These experimental fighter jets may have been bold and cutting-edge, but they never made it into active service or combat.

This Memorial Day, we remember Harold Mazza — a Petaluma native who became one of World War II’s most decorated ... and another U.S. aircraft carrier confronted a Japanese fleet in the Battle ...