The USS Macon crash brought a quick end to the U.S. Navy’s vision of “flying aircraft carriers” powered by helium gas ...

Following 80 years missing in action, Chinese American veteran Yuen Hop has been accounted for and was laid to rest with full ...

Margery Hop Wong last saw her older brother Sgt. Yuen Hop in 1943. He was a soldier missing in action, until researchers ...

There must be something in Mary Waddington’s genes. The longtime Michigan Avenue resident will turn 100 years old on Monday and she’s not the only one in her family who has reached the milestone. Her ...

After France fell, the Blenheims were tasked with day and night attacks against Nazi-occupied ports and installations.

The C-model is the Navy’s carrier-capable variant and the fifth-generation fighter. Strike Fighter Squadron 147, the ...

Harry Stewart Jr. would survive World War II as one of only four Tuskegee Airmen with three air-to-air victories in a single ...

The history of military aviation is filled with powerful and deadly aircraft that have played significant roles in warfare.

Harry Stewart Jr. learned to fly even before he could drive and helped save the world from the evils of fascism.

The XF8B was envisioned to provide the U.S. Navy with a long-range carrier-borne fighter that could take the fight to the ...