On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...

Army historian Peter Knight joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about World War II. What is the timeline ...

Science, art and logistics all play a role in how the U.S. military paints its aircraft to be ready for battle.

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

This article explores how WWII fighter designs reveal core reliability principles still essential in today’s industrial and ...

The Avro Manchester was designed to carry an 8,000 pound bomb load but was plagued by its Rolls-Royce Vulture engines, which ...

A nonprofit museum in New Hudson that provides aviation maintenance training to young women and men is seeking financial ...

The experimental XF-12 Rainbow could take continuous photographs from 8 miles up as it sped cross country in the 1940s.

The de Havilland Comet Racer of 1934 is a ravishingly beautiful machine with an incredible, perhaps miraculous, backstory.

One massive 16-cylinder HEMI engine was made by Chrysler and was poised to improve fighter planes during World War II. Only a ...

Sgt. Sidney Burke's aircraft crashed during a low-altitude bombing raid in 1943. He was officially accounted for earlier this year.

NATO said the exercise aimed to demonstrate the alliance's strength, seamless interoperability and credible deterrence at sea ...