The Red Tails’ most significant mission was the escort of B-17 bombers on a bombing run over Berlin in March 1945. They flew ...

Near the end of the war, the average age of a B-17 crew member in 1944 was 19 to 22, with pilots and co-pilots somewhat older and gunners, radio operators, and flight engineers a little younger, some ...

The U.S. Military still has guns in use that were developed in the late 1970s to over 100 years ago. Of course, the military ...

When Margery Hop Wong bade her older brother goodbye in 1943, she was just a 12-year-old girl who loved it when he took her ...

It can attain altitudes of 45,100 feet, speeds of up to 630 mph, and a range of up to 6,800 nautical miles – if no refueling ...

13.8 35.5 58.7 (23.2) - ST / 1000 m / tf / 7 bt 8 / K Teetan / Swimming ...