Retirement of the Vulcan Nuclear Bomber
The nuclear warplane Vulcan was spotted by thousands on its farewell flight as it flew low over Northumberland, North Yorskhire, Tyneaide and several other counties…
B-17E Bomber Rescued from Papua New Guinea Swamp, Now On Display in Hawaii
A B-17E bomber that crashed during World War Two has been moved to in Hawaii and is now on display. It was just after the bombing…
World War Two crew remains uncovered in Malaysia
Researchers have begun the daunting task of retrieving the remains of two World War Two crew who were killed when their plane crashed in Malaysia.…
New book tells story of Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
A new book about the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) is being released to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, which…
World War One Sopwith Pup on display
A Sopwith Pup aircraft used during World War One has been put on display as part of the centenary celebrations of the Great War. The…
Battle of Britain veteran’s new memoir of his flying days
[Via] Wing Commander Tom Neil served with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain 75 years ago. Now he has launched a new…
HG Wells Foresaw A Future With Nuclear Bombs
[Via] HG Wells the famous fiction writer was one of the first to write about an atomic bomb more than thirty years before the atomic…
Cold War Vulcan bomber to be grounded
[Via] The last airborne Vulcan bomber which was built and used during the Cold War is to be grounded this year. Built 55 years ago,…
Hiroshima mission flight logs up for sale
The flight logs from the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and ended World War Two are to go on sale. [Via] The Enola…
70 years since Allied attack on Tokyo
Seventy years ago this March, Allied forces began the air raid bombing of Tokyo. The air raids weren’t a new tactic since the Allies had…
11 Secret Weapons Developed by Japan during WWII
Images Used (Clockwise from top left): (1) One of the Japanese secret weapons during WWII, Fu-Go Balloon or Fire Balloon (2) Japanese Air Force pilot…
Top 10 Greatest Aerial Battles
Images Used (Clockwise from top left): (1) First true bombs were dropped in autumn 1912 on a Turkish railway station from an Albatros F-2 aircraft…