The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California, celebrated World War II airplanes and combat survivors at a recent event named Luftwaffe vs. the Eighth Air Force. The museum’s own Focke-Wulf ...
In 1940, the United Kingdom endured constant German Luftwaffe raids. Aircraft and pilot losses stretched the country’s ...
December 31, 1944. Exhausted Luftwaffe pilots, some veterans, some terrified rookies, were denied their final night of celebration. Behind the scenes, a meticulously coordinated assault was being ...
On July 1, 1943, the Soviet air force on the Eastern Front numbered 8,491 planes. Second-line air formations possessed an additional 2,662 aircraft. But organizational flaws in the Soviet training ...
The U.S. Air Force rates Lockheed’s needle-nosed F-104 as its finest interceptor. But in West Germany, the Starfighter has won a different label: “the flying coffin.” The Luftwaffe’s fleet of some 700 ...
Building an air force -- The Nazis and Eaker -- Spaatz and Eaker go to England -- First mission and the move to North Africa -- Casablanca and fighters in North Africa -- Romance, submarines, and ...