The Gloster Meteor: The RAF's 1st Fighter Jet
The aircraft would be modified after the conflict as the Gloster Meteor F.4, which would become the first jet aircraft to be ...
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WWII vets return to the Philippines eight decades after Manila liberation
Two American veterans of World War II who fought to free the Philippines in 1945 are headed back to help mark the 80th ...
This WW2 Aircraft Carrier Went Beyond the Call of Duty
Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...
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One of the last remaining Tuskegee World War II veterans dies at 100
Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the legendary flying corps’ most decorated pilots during the WWII, having claimed three Nazi ...
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World War 2 aircraft settles into Chico Air Museum
Hundreds of that kind of plane occupied Chico’s runway during 1942 as the Chico Army Airfield trained pilots for World War II. To Mueller ... According to aircraft records, this plane was ...
Decorated pilot Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100
Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned ...
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Pictures Show US Combat Jets Training at Strategic Pacific Island
The island of Tinian was used to launch U.S. bomber raids on Japan during World War II, including the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.