The WASPs risked their lives flying for the Army. But for decades, the U.S. government refused to recognize their military ...

Not all heroes of the sky fought the same way. During World War II, two German pilots, Erich Hartmann and Hans-Joachim Marseille, rose above the chaos with unmatched skill and vision. While the war ...

Among the survivors of the relentless, high-altitude peril during World War II was a 23-year-old Army Air Force captain, R.C.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John "Lucky" Luckadoo during World War II. John Luckadoo survived some of the most dangerous missions in World War II. As a member ...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface to the NYU Classics Edition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Development of the Women Airforce ...

Lt. Col. George Hardy, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen and the last of the group's World War II pilots, died Tuesday night, according to Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. He was 100 years old. Stream ...

TUSKEGEE, Ala. — At Moton Field, the same airstrip where the legendary Tuskegee Airmen trained during World War II, a new chapter of aviation history has taken flight. For the first time in nearly 80 ...

The Tuskegee Airmen are now celebrated as true American heroes. These Black men fought in World War II for a country still brutally segregated that treated them as less than full citizens. Later, ...