On this day in aviation history, January 27, 1939, the Lockheed XP-38 made its first flight. Developed under great secrecy, ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

Trump's executive order halting DEI means the Air Force no longer teaches recruits about WWII's Tuskegee Airmen and the Women ...

During World War II, before the age of computer-generated aircraft engineering drawings ... such a chaotic and crazy time in our nation’s history when it was all hands on deck and everybody ...

The U.S. Air Force has removed training courses for service members that included historical videos of its storied Black ...

In the years following World War II, aircraft manufacturers and militaries ... He enjoys researching obscure aviation history and serves as a judge for the National Intercollegiate Flying Association.

Detailed exhibits at the National Museum of World War II Aviation trace the development of aviation as well as the role it played before and during World War II, with a particular focus on ...