Consolidated's most famous aircraft in World War II were the B-24 Liberator and the PBY Catalina patrol plane. However, ...

Germany and the US built some of the largest aircraft in World War II, although many of their designs were unsuccessful.

In the short time between the first flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1903 and the Battle of Britain that started in July of 1940, the airplane had evolved from a rickety DIY creation to ...

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), an Essex-class aircraft carrier, fought in battles across the Pacific Theater, including at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. It suffered heavy casualties during the invasion of Okinawa ...

War, what is it good for? This is a question with very few reasonable answers. However, war is undeniably a driver of technological advancement: The rapid evolution of combat planes during WWII is a ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true during the Second World War with the Pacific Ocean being a veritable battlefield ...

Arguably the most distinctive feature of the A-6 was its side-by-side cockpit configuration, which of course was quite uncommon for military aircraft. The A-6 Intruder was not regarded for its ...