A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean came across the unexpected sight of a Ford automobile in the ship's hangar.

The Curtiss SOC Seagull was the U.S. Navy's only biplane to see combat in World War II. From Pearl Harbor to cruiser patrols, ...

Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a critical supply line that helped defeat Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.

Aircraft carriers replaced battleships as dominant naval power during WWII by striking targets hundreds of miles beyond visual range. Submarines waged economic warfare targeting supply lines. German U ...

From the Me 262 to late-war Spitfires and Mustangs, this list ranks WWII’s quickest combat-ready aircraft by top speed and real-world impact—skipping pure prototypes and rocket interceptors—to ...

Steven Ewald and Paula Ewald, an Air Force couple, are recognized for their service at the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in ...

Underwater archaeologists have located a World War II B-17 in the Baltic Sea, and recovered artifacts may help identify the missing crew.

One hundred seventy-seven B-24 Liberators took off from Libya on August 1, 1943, bound for the Romanian oil refineries at Ploesti. The low-altitude bombing raid aimed to cripple German fuel production ...

To celebrate America 250 during the Azalea Festival, the World War II warbirds will be on display, be available for rides and ...