Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the aircraft (such as its shape). The A-10 Thunderbolt got ...

The Blue Angels flying team includes some of the most accomplished and skilled pilots in the U.S. Navy. Here are some facts ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority ... The United States manufactured 12,275 Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter planes ...

Notable weapons: M7 Priest, M4 Sherman Tank American Locomotive Company produced thousands of tanks in WWII. Perhaps the most notable were the M4 Sherman Tank and the M7 Priest. The company ...

HSBC is preparing to report $1.5 billion of annual cost savings from the changes implemented under its broad restructuring initiatives, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. category Major ...

David Leroy Grumman Sr. founded an engineering firm that focused on energy efficiency and indoor air quality, and organized an engineering society committee that set the first standard for ...

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler ...