The early attempt at drones in World War II saw the Army Air Forces convert B-17 bombers into remote-controlled flying bombs.

William Edward Gise was born on Feb. 23, 1912, in Los Angeles. After completing high school, he attended the University of ...

Free tickets are still available for a special June 28 screening of Crosswinds: The Courageous Life of Cornelia Fort, a ...

Another famous name is the VF-17 Jolly Rogers, which was the first to fly the F4U Corsair fighter jet during World War II. This record-setting squadron downed 154 Japanese airborne vehicles in ...

Located aboard the historic Naval Air Station (NAS) in Pensacola, Florida, the National Naval Aviation Museum is the largest naval aviation museum in the world. Established in 1962 and opened in 1963, ...

The site was formerly Naval Air Station Wildwood, which served as a World War II dive-bomber training center. The museum is dedicated to the 42 aviators who perished while training at Naval Air ...

MARSHALLTOWN — Ralph Alshouse hadn’t even seen an airplane until he was in his teens. That was about 90 years ago. He’d see a lot of planes — from the inside —throughout World War II. Now 101, he can ...

Deeply immersed in the scorching aerial dogfights of the Pacific Theater, Lieutenant Kenneth Walsh and his squadron faced a daunting challenge as they were abruptly introduced to the Vought F4U ...

UPDATED: May 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM EDT The clouds did not damper the spirit of Selfridge Air Military Museum’s Salute to Veterans and 80th Anniversary of the Allied Victory in World War II.

A wild ride with the ‘Atta-Girl’ pilots who helped win World War II In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.

Eleven of the VB82 aircraft were flown by navy pilots, but Bennington also had a marine squadron on board with only one in a corsair able to join that vanguard group of helldiver pilots diving on ...

Alfred Lerch stands next to his Corsair on the deck of USS Intrepid. (National WWII Museum) View of the opening of the new exhibit aboard USS Intrepid, featuring the restored FG-1D Corsair.