On November 1, 1911, Italian aviator Lt. Giulio Gavotti made history by conducting the first aerial bombing during the ...

World War I was the laboratory that transformed airplanes from vehicles of limited capability into reliable weapons of war. The “World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation” exhibition highlights both ...

Before we delve into the American air aces’ individual bios, a note about the number-crunching methods for the Vietnam air war is in order: all of these American aces flew as members of two-man crews ...

Japanese ace pilot Hiromichi Shinohara, also known as "The Richthofen of the Orient," claimed 58 victories in a span of only three months. The 26-year-old pilot did not have any combat experience ...