Two U.S. Navy PT boat captains awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II were both cases in point: Lt. Cmdr. John Bulkeley ...

On April 11, 1945, a Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball during the ...

The USS Wasp (CV-7) was an aircraft carrier built under the constraints of the Washington Naval Treaty, which limited its ...

Japan's F-35A stealth fighter aircraft fleet is now deployed at two bases, facing the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.

Editor’s Note: A Good Thunder farm boy and pilot Ensign Jack Carl Fuller died 80 years ago Monday in one of the key battles ...

Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

During World War II, many Japanese regarded America’s Vought ... the Navy wanted something that could fly fast, fly far, land on carriers, and inflict plenty of damage. Vought’s answer was ...

A mess attendant on duty during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor saved lives and took a position to defend the ship, and his ...

Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the cutter Icarus sank a German submarine in less than an hour.

Navy PB4Y-1 pilot Bruce Van Voorhis was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the South Pacific. Here, a ...

Curators pointed to another American World War II pilot, Alfred Lerch ... took off and landed on the aircraft carrier as it was deployed to battle Japanese fighters through the Battle of Okinawa ...