The opening of the air war over the Pacific was brutal. Allied pilots found themselves facing an enemy whose fighters appeared to be able to run rings around their own. The most notable of these ...

Pacific Air Command has confirmed Wilsbach’s comments ... was originally a Japanese facility during World War II. American forces seized the site on July 26, 1944. It was heavily damaged ...

The Pacific air war claimed many lives, but the story of a gunner buried at sea within his aircraft is truly one of a kind. Explore this tragic yet deeply respectful chapter of WWII history.

Boeing B-29 ‘Enola Gay’ on Tinian in the Mariana Islands. [Credit: U.S. Air Force] U.S. Air Force engineers, U.S. Navy Seabees, and U.S. Marine engineer teams have reclaimed a historic World ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

the National Museum of the United States Air Force, the National World War II Museum, the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia, Public Broadcasting System’s “The American Experience,” the ...

World War II veteran Caster “Cas” Salemi, a longtime Massachusetts resident, will turn 103 this weekend, on Flag Day. Salemi, ...

There's a lot for World War II history buffs to be excited ... companion series "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" before it, "Masters of the Air" is based on a thoroughly researched source ...

To sustain operations across the region, the Air Force has been renovating World War II-era airfields from ... Eric Flores, a Pacific Air Forces spokesman. “This project represents a strategic ...

Seven men earned four Navy Crosses during World War II, including one with five ... Flat-Tops” by Stanley Johnston and “South Pacific Air War Volume 3: Coral Sea and Aftermath” by Michael ...

The project unfolded about 10 miles from an active 6,000-foot volcano in one part of World War II’s vast Pacific Ocean graveyard ... about him being in the Army Air Corps.