After two planes collided, three hydrogen bombs hit a Spanish village, and one fell into the sea nearby. Two years later, ...

The USS Iowa (SSN 797) — the Navy’s first submarine to be named after the U.S. state — was commissioned in a ceremony on ...

USS Iowa (SSN-797), the 24th submarine of the Virginia-class, was commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday. The 7,800-ton nuclear attack boat is at least the ...

The most unique feature of the B-36 was its unusual hybrid propulsion system, combining both propeller and jet engines.

Navy PB4Y-1 pilot Bruce Van Voorhis was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the South Pacific. Here, a ...

The Skyknight was designed in response to a 1945 USN requirement for a jet-powered, radar-equipped, carrier-based night ...

The A-4 Skyhawk is a classic icon of naval aviation but did you know it was one the pioneering jets of aerial refueling too?

Yet, it is also one of the earliest, having been introduced (in its most rudimentary form) in 1912, just nine years after the ...

In 1952 the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force launched attacks on the Suiho dam complex in North Korea in a new focus on strategic ...

Every summer, World War II veteran Kenneth Rehm’s five children, 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren look forward to ...

More than 50 years on from its first flight, the iconic fighter jet remains one of the most iconic aircraft in the world.

April's Veteran of the Month is John Chaput, a Washington native who now lives in Beatrice as he rehabs from his exposure to ...