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Kings and Generals' Pacific War documentary series continues with an in-depth look at the rise and fall of the Japanese A6M Mitsubishi Zero. Initially, the British and Americans underestimated Japan’s ...

Guantanamo's sordid past includes top secret torture facilities, the inhumane treatment of Haitian asylum seekers fleeing ...

Above the skies of the Korean Peninsula, the F-86 Sabre formed one part of an epic aerial rivalry—against the MiG-15.

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In 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone. Edison, who also invented the incandescent light bulb and motion ...

Bombers took on different roles during World War II, depending on size, but many were multi-role aircraft. True “heavies” ...

The 26-year-old U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant, Eugene J. Darrigan — a World War II airman who was a resident of the ...

It's not unheard of for car brands branch out into other products. These six car brands went so far as to make jet engines -- ...

Two American veterans of World War II who fought to free the Philippines in 1945 are headed back to help mark the 80th ...

Both the Phantom and Tomcat platforms were delivered to Iran prior to the fall of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...