On Tuesday, the Pentagon confirmed that the remains of Sgt. Irvin Ellingson, a WWII radar observer from Dahlen, N.D., who was shot down over Tokyo in 1945, will be laid to rest in his hometown.

America has no shortage of military museums spread across the country, but having one inside of a retired aircraft carrier is ...

A powerless helicopter doesn’t drop—it autorotates, gliding like a maple seed. This breakdown explains how that works, why gyro boats and WWII U-boat rotor kites flew without engines, and how some ...

Today, Americans observe National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, a solemn occasion to honour and remember the lives lost in ...

P-51 Mustang units assigned to Iwo Jima in the Pacific during 1945. These courageous and brave pilots battled the odds to fly all the way to Tokyo to protect and escort the B-29 Superfortresses as ...

In 1943, the Imperial Japanese Navy rounded up and murdered German citizens working in New Guinea, nationals of a country[...

It’s a story of 100 years of Americana, and really a rich story of 100 years of cycling as well,” said Daniel Clarke, the filmmaker responsible for the documentary.

Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and ...

During the final years of World War II, Nazi Germany pursued dozens of radical aircraft projects in a desperate bid to regain ...

America faded away into the distance. Her last speck of land reached out until our new home gave way to the open sea. I turned around and got a glimpse of distant luxury: a transatlantic liner turned ...