Military WWII - German, Nazi, U.S., British

A Consolidated Catalina moves lazily through warm tropical waters toward the waiting seaplane tender. Joining others of its type, the navy flying boat

On March 9, 1916 Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa and 500 of his Villistas attacked the border town of Columbus, New Mexico. the United States respo

One of the last of the majestic propliners, a Douglas DC-7C operated by Braniff International Airways climbs out of Rio de Janeiros' Galeao Airp...

PT Boats fought in all theaters of Naval Combat Operations during WWII - but perhaps nowhere were they more suited to the environment than in the isla

Taking a "target of Opportunity" after a raid on a Japanese floatplane base in the Shortland Islands, five P-38's and a lone F4U attac...

With talk of an armistice only weeks away, F-86 pilot Ralph Parr was afraid the Korean War would be over before he would get into air combat. flying a

The advent of the modern airliner began February 8, 1933, when Boeing delivered the first Model 247 to United airlines. tis all metal airliner, the fi

By Late 1944 there were 23 RAF squadrons operating Typhoons from bases on the continent and the aircraft played a major role in defeating the German a

A summer day off the coast of California and the flight deck of the U.S.S. Lexington swarms with activity. Flying the premiere Navy fighter, the stubb

Cruising high above the city and harbor Navy fighter signal the arrival of one of the most important ships of the day, an aircraft carrier. In the lat

The B-47 became the first true modern bomber to fill the ranks of General Curtiss Lemay's new Strategic Air Command. With long range, high altit...

Making landfall after a long patrol, the No. 6 boat of VP-91 heads home to Southern Cross Airfield, Barking Sands, Kauai, Territory of Hawaii, in May

In 1925 a group of London "men about town" formed a Reserve Squadron of light bombers flying from Hendon. Nine years later the unit was re...

Founded in 1943 by Lockheed's Legendary aircraft designer, Kelly Johnson, the "Skunk Works" Advanced Development Company has produced ...

Around the world in style... In 1958 Australia's national airline, QANTAS, inaugurated an around the world service using their new Lockheed 1049...

In probably the most critical test of the as yet untried Space Shuttle, the orbiter "Enterprise" is released from its highly modified 747 ...

Sacred Mount Fuji seems to stand with these patroling Zero fighters to protect the homeland. For centuries the Japanese worked to shield their culture

A shape admired for generations, the Beech Staggerwing has become known as the epitome of the classic personal airplane. The Staggerwing's perfo...

Capt. Robert K. Morgan and his crew climb out over the English countryside and the eighth Air Force Base, Bovingdon, 9 June 1943. this time, having co

In the pre-dawn of September 1st 1939, units of Hitler's Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht were poised to smash across Poland's borders to begin WWII....