With cutting-edge German aircraft dominating WWII, the Soviets had to innovate fast. Their solution? Attach fighters to a bomber and send them into battle as a flying air force! But was this a ...

The Bell P-39 Airacobra was a fighter primarily produced by US-based aerospace manufacturer Bell Aircraft for the United ...

To answer that question, we turn to former Sunday Times of London journalist Russell Miller in his 1984 book The Soviet Air ...

The Russian air force "has been able to launch glide bombs across the frontline with the crewed launch aircraft remaining ... which has been standard since World War II. Despite Russia using ...

Instead, Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles have kept Russia's air force at bay ... The concept eventually worked in World War II. It might have worked in the Cold War to repel a massive Soviet ...

Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history buffs. British, Canadian and American forces took off mostly from Essex ...

The combination of speed, range, and armament made the P-51 Mustang one of the most versatile platforms of the Second World ...

Alexievich’s book recounts the experiences of hundreds of Soviet women who volunteered in World War II after a staggering ... tank drivers, anti-aircraft artillery operators, surgeons, nurses ...

The United States has been the world’s foremost master of carrier warfare since World War II. While other countries ... Each of its 11 world-class aircraft carriers is a seagoing city capable ...

At worst, the Trump administration risks actively siding with autocratic Russia in the latter ... actually repeating the design of World War II aircraft,” Pars CEO Akim Klemenov told Militarnyi ...

Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...