These are people he would have enjoyed hosting for dinner. That’s how Scott McGaugh chooses his book subjects. The people in his new book, due out Tuesday, were glider pilots during World War II. They ...

Airplanes may get all the airborne attention when discussing World War II, but military gliders also made huge contributions ...

Nearly 80 years after Roger Smith landed a glider plane in a vineyard in the Le Muy area of southern France, the retired Air Force major has been honored with the country's highest order of merit.

During World War II, brave service members flew and traveled on glider planes that helped move key resources behind enemy lines. Now some of the heroes will gather in town for a soaring tribute. The ...

Exploring the design and deployment of German support aircraft and gliders, this documentary program highlights the airborne innovations of the Nazi Luftwaffe during World War II. Segments focus on ...

They each flew one combat mission in a quiet, hulking glider, in the European theater of World War II. But memories the two aging veterans brought to New Orleans this week differ sharply. For George ...

In the early years of World War II, a handful of remote airstrips in the Mojave Desert were transformed into training facilities for America’s first military stealth aircraft. The new airfields at ...

GREENVILLE, Mich., (WZZM) -- June 6 is the 70th anniversary of D-Day and there is a big piece of that history right here in West Michigan. "It was carrying one of the Generals of the 101st airborne, ...

No guns, no engine, and nothing but some wood and canvas between you and the earth, which - though hundreds of feet below - is getting closer every minute. John Cartmill had volunteered for this. Of ...

A Loveland man rang in his 100th birthday with a parade of first responders to wish him a happy birthday and thank him for his military service in World War II. Roger Smith officially turned 100 ...