During World War II, the United States undertook one of the most ambitious aviation infrastructure expansions in history, constructing hundreds of airfields across the country to train pilots, stage ...

Although the gray skies hung low over the mountain passes leading toward the Wet Mountain Valley, a steady flow of small ...

Second Lt. Lester L. Lowry was flying a P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft when he dove and crashed into the ground in Essex, England, on Jan. 26, 1944 In the 80 years since the accident, he has been listed as ...

OSHKOSH – Two World War II-era aircraft from the National WASP WWII Museum in Sweetwater, Texas, will be featured at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The event, set for July at Wittman Regional Airport, will ...

During the height of World War II, when thousands of troops were learning intelligence craft at Camp Ritchie in central Maryland, a much smaller corps of several hundred was being trained for ...

GARLAND CITY, Ark. — Nearly 80 years after a midair collision killed 13 young airmen during World War II training in Garland City, residents of the town are working to ensure the men are finally ...

A chance conversation in a diner led to the preservation of a historic World War II aircraft hangar. Dr. Joseph Salvatore and his wife acquired the deteriorating hangar in 1997, saving it from ...