During the night of March 6, 1943, U.S. destroyers intercepted a Japanese supply force moving through the Blackett Strait.

The Whirlwind was a heavily-armed, single-seat, twin-engine fighter designed for high performance, with great attention paid ...

As the Pacific war crept ever closer to American shores, the U.S. military turned to technology to watch the skies. By late ...

Fred Whipple has long been recognized as a major contributor to our understanding of space and spaceflight—with contributions ...

When the Korean War began in 1950, the United States entered a new era of air combat it barely understood. Pilots trained for ...