On March 24, 1935, the Avro Anson took flight for the first time, marking the beginning of a storied career in military and ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

The effectiveness of the iconic dazzle camouflage used on British Royal Navy ships during the First World War could be ...

John Simanton’s collection reflects a time when world wars were fought at sea – when mighty ships battled each other across ...

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

We are very lucky in Essex to have not one, but two great airports for travel. For over 75 years Stansted Airport has been an ...

The former Defence Secretary claimed the nation should hack back spending on benefits and pensioners to rebuilding its ...

The Dickin Medal, also known as the animals' Victoria Cross, was awarded for bravery 54 times between 1943 and 1949: to 18 ...

Depending on your perspective, German aviator and Patagonia explorer Gunther Pluschow was either phenomenally lucky, or phenomenally unlucky.

Photo Credit: The Tank Museum / Provided The Charioteer was a desperate stop-gap solution to a lack of firepower in the British Army’s tank force at the beginning of the Cold War. By 1951, it became ...

The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 was developed by a team of engineers including Henry Folland, John Kenworthy, and Major Frank Goodden. The plane was one of the fastest aircraft to be developed ...