World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B ...

The Naval Aircraft Factory N3N was designed and built at roughly the same time as the Stearman PT-17, a more famous biplane ...

The kamikaze suicide plane was a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat by a desperate Japan. But its fatal flaw doomed its ...

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

The historic buildings at Fort McCoy, originally constructed in 1942, are being relocated to make room for new officer ...

The U.S.S. Intrepid, launched in 1943, stands as a symbol of resilience and courage, having bravely survived five kamikaze ...

The fierce shark teeth on some warplanes have their roots in World Wars I and II, and they continue on today. Here's why ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the ...

The Naval War College was the critical engine that drove the warfighting education of the officer corps that designed, ...

On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope after esc ...