Residents in a Miami suburb used an ax, fire extinguisher and garden hose to rescue four people from a small plane that crashed into a tree in yet another mishap near a busy South Florida airport. “It ...

Just as there are unorthodox planes and cars, the same is true for ships — including those used for armed conflict.

The remains of an Army private from Detroit who died as a World War II prisoner of war in the Philippines have been identified 83 years later — almost to the day — and are set to be reinterred in ...

Professional wrestlers from West Michigan and beyond will gather in Muskegon on July 19 for the annual "War On The Shore" wrestling competition aboard a World War II-era landing ship, the USS LST 393.

The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki was discovered more than 2,600 feet below the ocean's surface near the Solomon Islands.

Perhaps it didn’t want to be found.” Those haunting words from maritime historian and diver Valerie van Heest hung over the 75th anniversary of the loss of Northwest Airlines Flight 2501, which ...

In preparation for Wings Over Marquette, the air show that will take place August 2 and 3 at Sawyer Regional Airport, a C-47 ...

Historians are racing to locate Great Lakes shipwrecks before a seemingly unstoppable invasive mussel destroys them and erases part of the region's heritage.