It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library continues Staff Sgt. Robert "Bob" Hickman's story of survival in World War II.

The B-24 gave Allied air forces a reliable option in both the European and Pacific theaters of war. T he Consolidated B-24 ...

While the defibrillator’s pads were put on the pilot in the cockpit, the equipment ended up not being used, according to the outlet. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily ...

and inclusion (DEI), including images of “Enola Gay,” the B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945. Enola Gay was named after pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets Jr's mother ...

Paul Tibbetts, Jr., of Miami, Fla., poses in front of his B-29 Superfortress ‘The Enola Gay’ (named for his mother). The Enola Gay is the same plane he piloted when his bombardier dropped the first ...

The Enola Gay was named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the aircraft’s pilot, Col. Paul Tibbets. The database of flagged content, which was obtained by the Associated Press and confirmed ...

the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II. Thinking individuals will be unsurprised to learn that the Enola Gay was not actually named ...

Northrop Grumman received a second contract to build more B-21 Raider stealth bombers. The stealth bomber will eventually replace the Air Force's B-1 and B-2 bombers. The B-21 Raider is expected ...