A new heritage trail is celebrating the workers who worked on thousands of planes.

TILLAMOOK Ore. (KPTV) - The Tillamook Air Museum houses two dozen historic aircraft inside a massive World War II-era hangar, offering visitors an interactive aviation experience unlike traditional ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1934 the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia was tasked to manufacture a new primary trainer for the U.S. Navy.

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), an Essex-class aircraft carrier, fought in battles across the Pacific Theater, including at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. It suffered heavy casualties during the invasion of Okinawa ...

During World War II, the war effort emphasized cooperation and teamwork among manufacturers, with companies focusing on specific aircraft types for efficient production and specialization. Boeing, ...

In the short time between the first flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1903 and the Battle of Britain that started in July of 1940, the airplane had evolved from a rickety DIY creation to ...

Air power may have proved lethally effective during the First World War, but the technology was still in its infancy. By 1939, however, European air forces as well as North American and Asian powers ...

Few vessels defined the Second World War as aircraft carriers. What was once a niche vessel became a lynchpin for any modern naval force. America’s WW2 aircraft carriers were a cut above the rest ...