planes | War History

US Air Force Temporarily Grounds Nearly A Dozen Brand New F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Jets

Ian Harvey

The US Air Force stated on Friday that it had grounded nearly a dozen of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, a little over a month…

The Kamikaze Pilot Who Took His Wife With Him On His Last Flight

Ian Harvey

Even though World War Two had come to an end, the story of a Japanese couple who met their death in a deliberate kamikaze suicide…

Cutting Off Nazi Oil Production – The Incredibly Costly Ploiesti Mission – Pictures

Damian Lucjan

In the midst of WW2, on August 1, 1943, the Ploiesti Oil Raid took place over Romania. It was a USAAF Operation with the codename “Tidal…

Petition Gathers Support to Stop Final Resting Place of Battle of Britain Heroes Being Dug Up

For 76 years Goodwin Sands has been the final resting place of scores of RAF heroes who sacrificed their lives defending the United Kingdom in…

The Red Baron: Manfred von Richthofen, Famed WW1 Flying Ace

The greatest fighter ace of the First World War, Manfred von Richthofen, was born on the 2nd of May 1892. Becoming an officer cadet at…

7 Kills In WWII and 14 In Korea, US Flying Ace George Davis Died When He Took On 12 MiGs

Jeff Edwards

In all the airspace in all the world, there was no other place Major George Davis would rather be than “MiG Alley.”  Bordering the Yalu…

Developing The New American F-35 Fighter – Government Declares Project A Success

Ian Harvey

Whenever the military develops a new weapon, you can be certain that the media coverage will be negative. They will report on everything showing that…

America’s Newest Stealth Bomber Will Be Named in Honor of WW2 Doolittle Raids

Ian Harvey

The new B-21 stealth bomber, the newest and most advanced bomber, will be named the B-21 Raider in honor of the famous Doolittle Raids of…

Amazing German Color World War 2 Footage, Troops, Planes, Tanks, and Hardware!

Watch this amazing combat footage from WWII! It starts with Germans marching in their (in)famous goose-step in various military parades. Adolf Hitler makes a short…

World War II Female WASP Pilot: Proud to Serve Her Country

Ian Harvey

Larned, Kansas, native Lucile Doll Wise knows better than most what Women’s History Month – she was part of history, during WW II. Wise was…

Two WW2 Planes Collided Over Australia, Then The Pilot Who Saved Them Was Punished!

In 1940, two planes collided in mid-air over Australia. Remarkably, there were no fatalities. Even more remarkably, the pilot responsible for saving the planes was…

War On Drugs, Fighting the Flying Pirates of the Caribbean

In this DAKOTA HUNTER Blog you will find a series of amazing photos of Caribbean Drugs Runner aircraft that were left abandoned, crashed, seized or…