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Lt. Col. George E. Hardy, youngest Tuskegee Airman, dies at 100

Hardy was the last surviving combat pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen who served overseas.

2 days ago

How Hitler’s fear-inducing ‘flying bomb’ ushered in drone warfare

The V-1 "flying bomb" could accurately be described in today’s nomenclature as an unmanned aerial vehicle — moreover, as the first suicide drone.

By Zita Ballinger Fletcher

6 days ago

One man’s memory sparks search for US soldiers he saw executed in WWII

Retired firefighter Benjamin Broadwell Hagans, 96, has emerged as an eyewitness to the savage executions of three soldiers in 1942, The War Horse reports.

By Ken McLaughlin, The War Horse

3 weeks ago

This C-47 was built in 1943. It hasn’t stopped flying since.

The Placid Lassie was recently on full display to support Angel Flight East and its annual fundraiser, Wings N’ Wheels, in Philadelphia.

By Claire Barrett

3 weeks ago

John Luckadoo, last B-17 pilot of the Bloody Hundredth, dies at 103

"Lucky" was just a wide-eyed 21-year-old lieutenant when he manned the B-17 controls and took to the sky for his first bombing mission over Nazi Germany.

By J.D. Simkins and Claire Barrett

3 weeks ago

Podcast ‘500 Letters to Nana’ explores 1 soldier’s personal war

Join hosts Carson and Katie as they delve through the latter's grandfather's letters to his wife, Feloma, as he serves in the Pacific War.

By Claire Barrett

4 weeks ago