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Seventy-five years ago this month, Army Air Service biplanes touched down in Seattle after circumnavig

Troop carrier airmen entered enemy airspace unarmed to deliver men and supplies.

In many languages and various forms—jacket patches, cards, letters—they were official IOUs to those wh

Landbased airplanes sank every ship in the Japanese convoy. So supplies or reinforcements got through

Twenty-five years ago this month, US forces mounted a POW rescue mission deep into North Vietnam.

Few ever took larger gambles, with higher payoffs or with more spectacular success, than Jimmy Doolitt

The A-2 flight jacket, out of the inventory since the Korean War, was reincarnated for a new generatio

When the Japanese closed the Burma Road, the route to China was over the Himalayas by air.

In many ways, the First Aero Squadron experience was a disaster, but it was also a turning point in mi

They wait for the ships and aircraft to return--this time carrying goods for them.

Sikorsky's was the first practical helicopter, but a different Russian and a younger Air Service got a

After the bats set fire to a hangar and a general's car, the Army Air Forces had seen enough of the ex

In the Battle of Britain, the fate of the nation hung on victory in the air.

A 1918 printer's mistake now trades for a fortune among stamp collectors.

It's doubtful that anyone else ever saved so many military airmen from death or injury.

This field has been in continuous operation longer than any other airport in the world.

The Post Office announcement said it was a complete success. The real story is different—and much more

Mach's supersonic research was a half-century ahead of its time.

AFA honors the top airmen and the outstanding units in the Air Guard and Reserve.

Sixty years ago this month, Jimmy Doolittle took off under a hood and flew solo on instruments alone.