The cockpit of the Millennium Falcon looks like pure science fiction, but its layout and feel are rooted in a very specific World War II machine. Long before Han Solo and Chewbacca were flipping ...

Consolidated's most famous aircraft in World War II were the B-24 Liberator and the PBY Catalina patrol plane. However, ...

As the bright sun rose over the mountains Friday, 10 veterans wearing sweatshirts with the names of their living facility — The Ridge Senior Living — sat in a hangar, waiting to do something they had ...

TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa Air and Space Museum (TASM) has an upcoming, fun experience for guests: stepping inside the cockpit of the iconic A-26 Lady Liberty and dancing the night away in a hangar. With ...

Connor, Roger and Moore, Christopher T. 2010. In the Cockpit II: Inside History-Making Aircraft of World War II. New York, NY: HarperCollins.

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), an Essex-class aircraft carrier, fought in battles across the Pacific Theater, including at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. It suffered heavy casualties during the invasion of Okinawa ...

The F-35 Lightning II, the primary fighter jet of the U.S. military and its allies, can scream through the sky at up to Mach 1.6, or 1,200 miles per hour. It is literally impossible for today's pilots ...

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