It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
The Hawker Typhoon was originally designed to be armed with twelve .303-inch Browning machine guns, and it was set to be powered by a pair of next-generation 2,000-horsepower engines. The aircraft ...
(Library of Congress) Upon America’s entry into the Second World War, the 41-year-old volunteered ... between the Eighth Air Force and the Royal Air Force’s Fighter command.
On December 6, 1941, Thacker, who had been prompted to first lieutenant only one month prior, was a pilot of a Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress, serial number 41-2432, of the 88th Reconnaissance ...
Crew members preparing to receive the UK Royal Air Force's (RAF's) three new Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and ...
The UK’s RAF has confirmed that its historic Hurricane and Spitfire warbirds will return to airshow flying duties in 2025 ...
Discover the Voyager - the largest aircraft operated by the UK’s RAF. It supports long-range, global defense missions at home ...
The Royal Air Force (RAF) revealed two unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) test types intended to demonstrate lessons learned from ...
John "Paddy'' Hemingway, an Irish national who enlisted in the Royal Air Force before the war began, died Monday at his home ...
The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World War II has died. He was 105 years old.
Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain, has died aged 105. Born ...