Compared to its direct US equivalent, the F7F Tigercat, which also failed to see meaningful service during the war, the Ki-83 ...

On Christmas Day 2024, Finnish special forces stormed the oil tanker Eagle S in the icy waters 50 miles off Finland's coast.

A 250kg World War II bomb discovered in Rauma’s port triggered a Finnish Navy operation and renewed focus on Baltic Sea ...

A white granite headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery bears a name that sounds American: Larry Allan Thorne. But the man buried there was born Lauri Allan Törni in Viipuri, Finland, ...

By far the best American fighter of 1939, and by far the shiniest aircraft on this list, the Curtiss Hawk 75A scored the ...

Air power may have proved lethally effective during the First World War, but the technology was still in its infancy. By 1939, however, European air forces as well as North American and Asian powers ...

Two German men died when their World War II-era airplane crashed and caught fire in southern Finland minutes after takeoff, police said Thursday.

Peaceful European NATO nations that support Ukraine are repeatedly being targeted by mysterious drone incursions, and experts ...

Vultee Aircraft first appeared in The Tennessean more than 90 years ago, on Dec. 4, 1934, but merely as an afterthought. The business article centered on American Airlines’ purchase of Douglas ...

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A 99-year-old World War II veteran got the ride of his life Wednesday morning in a P-51 Mustang at the Albuquerque International Sunport. “Old days, and it’s been a long ...

Rising from mechanic to fighter ace, Oiva Tuominen shot down 44 Soviet aircraft, including six bombers in four minutes. Flying Fokkers, Gladiators, Fiat G.50s, and finally Bf 109s, he became Finland’s ...