It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...

U.S. Air Force engineers, U.S. Navy Seabees, and U.S. Marine engineer teams have reclaimed a historic World War II airfield from jungle growth in the Western Pacific for use for operations for ...

During World War II, air combat in Western Europe mostly took place ... Instead, the P-39 found itself a niche role elsewhere ...

Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World War ... achieved air superiority—meaning that the P-38s operated primarily in contested and dangerous airspace.

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

What happens when a Navy captain and a historian walk into a bar? They come out with a hit podcast about the Pacific War.

It’s been over 80 years since the United States and Allied forces fought Japan in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Today, communities in the Solomon Islands are still dealing with the unexploded devices ...

The Flying Tigers were one of the first American air units to fight the Japanese as World War II began. A gruff Texas native, Claire Chennault, organized the volunteer force in the months before ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A Wichita World War II Army Air Force pilot, 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson, is coming home. His remains were found after being trapped deep in the Pacific Ocean for nearly ...

A P-51 Mustang flies over Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., during a 2015 event. (A1C Philip Bryant/Air Force) For the Allied forces, the skies over Europe from 1942 to 1943 brought ...