During World War II, the American F4U Corsair was one of the fastest fighter planes ever built—and one of the most dangerous to fly. This story follows U.S. Navy and Marine Corps pilots, along with ...

DNA testing helped identify the body of Lt. Morton Sher, a member of the Flying Tigers, killed in action in 1943 during a ...

The night was warm and muggy over New Castle Air Force Base in Delaware, the kind of heat that clung to the metal skins of ...

Hook’s 11-page memoir is on a website, The World War II Experience, a local nonprofit that preserves the stories of the World ...

The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 23 The Washington Post on conservatism and free markets When American conservatives abandon free-market principles, there’s no ...

The most viewed story of the year on social media centered on cockpit audio from a JetBlue flight departing from Curacao, in ...

A lifelong love of aviation took retired Navy fighter pilot Wayne Strausbaugh around the world and into the skies over some ...

An American Jewish fighter pilot whose plane was shot down in the Chinese theater during World War II was given a proper ...

A ‘Diary’ of the Most Critical Ten Days of the Battle of Britain. Written by a prolific author – who started back when there were many veterans available for interviews – ...

Betty Reid Soskin, who used her fame as the oldest National Park Service ranger to raise awareness about often-overlooked and untold stories, has died. She was 104. Her family and the park ...