The Battle of Kursk became a brutal contest in the skies as thousands of Soviet aircraft overwhelmed a shrinking Luftwaffe. German aces fought with skill and superior machines, but by July 10 they ...

Germany's blitzkrieg through France in June 1940 left the UK all alone against Adolf Hitler's Luftwaffe. It was also a wake up call for the U.S.- still on the sidelines of World War II - that its air ...

For some, when looking back at the military achievements of the World War II Luftwaffe, the present-day German military Air Force is nothing but a pale copy. Granted, that is not entirely today ...

THE Junkers 87, better known as the Stuka dive-bomber, has registered on the popular imagination more deeply than any other airplane thus far exhibited in combat. Its swooping, plunging flight has a ...

In the First World War, fighter aircraft typically had only two light machine guns. By the Second World War, the firepower ...

Germany has created some of the most iconic and innovative aircraft in history. The ten we have selected are a good mix of some of the highlights of German aviation, though the selection involved the ...

The Luftwaffe retired the last of its A310 MRTT aircraft the week prior to the ILA Berlin Air Show. (Janes/Patrick Allen) The Luftwaffe has retired its Airbus A310 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) ...

The aircraft is the first of six C-130Js that will be operated together with four French ones in a joint binational squadron. The Bundeswehr announced on November 8, 2021, the maiden flight of the ...

Seven National Air and Space Museum aircraft on display in your neighborhood Mark Strauss A distinctive feature of the Fw-190D-9 was its long nose, which had been extended to accommodate a larger ...

World War II aircraft were painted in a wide assortment of colors, from shades of gray to olive drab, blue, and camouflage patterns. British planes were painted Dark Earth, Dark Green, and Night — a ...