The tanker, thinking the Blenheim was an Axis plane, opened fire on the Blenheim, scoring two hits. A squadron of R.A.F. Marylands arrived, prepared to finish off the tanker. The Marylands ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Netanyahu says last-minute dispute with Hamas holding up Israeli approval of ceasefire deal; AP explains ...

Davis said it was designed immediately after World War II by De Havilland and first ... Macleod eventually became a flight commander for the RAF’s Bulldog Squadron. “The Air Force was going ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The vast majority of Americans are about to get an extended taste of frigid Siberian weather. Another polar vortex disruption will stretch Arctic air across the top of the ...

He reached Britain in September 1941 and was promoted to Flight Sergeant in December that year. In February 1942 Middleton was posted to 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force, and began his operational career ...

Known as a maverick pilot with a rebellious streak, Squadron Leader Devayya was not just a man of duty but one of extraordinary courage. During the Indo-Pak War of 1965, Devayya undertook one of the ...

Say “Witam (Hello)” to the gallant exiled Polish pilots of the RAF’s 303 Squadron—aka ... 1939 that signified the beginning of WWII resulted in the conquest and occupation of Poland ...

(Sponsored) CasaBlanca Resort & Casino will host the annual Mesquite Hot Air Balloon Festival on Friday, Jan. 24, through Sunday, Jan. 26. Each morning, more than 35 hot air balloons will rise ...

FRONT ROYAL — Brian Whited started his career with the Town of Front Royal as a teenager charged with washing garbage trucks, never dreaming he’d one day become chief of the town’s police department.

It might seem hard to imagine now, with duty-free shops and modern passenger jets on the tarmac, but the airport's original use was as an RAF base in WW2. It was built in August 1942 by American ...

In a sleepy part of the Bedfordshire countryside, near the Cambridgeshire border, an RAF base that no longer exists played an important and largely unknown role in WW2. Secrets about wartime ...

There are a handful of regional airlines that I’m always surprised to find still in business. There’s Mesa, of course, and yes, GoJet, but one of the biggest surprises of all is Air Wisconsin. And now ...