What started as dog-sitting a golden retriever in Germany turned into the adventure of a lifetime. In return, I was offered a ride in a fully manual World War II–era biplane with no electronics — just ...

World War II accelerated weapons innovation at an unprecedented pace. As global conflict intensified, the United States rapidly expanded and refined its arsenal, adapting existing designs while ...

During World War II, British women were factory workers, codebreakers, spies and air raid wardens. How did such roles contribute to the Allies’ victory?

Eric Trappier unveiled in the East, the first Rafale built for the United Arab Emirates Air Force in the presence of the French Minister of Defense and the UAE Minister of State Defense. The aircraft ...

The Ikarus 451 tested a prone pilot position to improve G-force tolerance, but breathing issues and the rise of G-suits ended ...

Eighty years ago in Harlem, Jimmie McDaniel and Don Budge played a match at the Cosmopolitan Club. But while McDaniel helped open doors for the sport, he found they were still closed to him.

On March 24, 1945, the largest single-day airborne assault in history dropped 16,000 paratroopers on the eastern bank of the ...

BMW's impact on human transit can't be overstated. One of the world's largest automakers, the BMW Group now controls multiple brands spanning a multibillion-dollar empire. Things weren't always so ...

When I was a child, I remember visiting my maternal grandfather's house very often and looking at a huge frame hanging on the wall with a picture of a woman dressed in strange, or perhaps old, clothes ...

CHEMNITZ, Germany – In a small corner of a vast thyssenkrupp factory in this industrial town, an engineer was talking to a machine. “From the beginning I was only speaking to it in English, but today ...