Thomas McGuire Jr. was chasing Dick Bong's record when his life was cut short several months before war's end.

World War II was decided by more than strategy and manpower. The weapons each side brought to the battlefield often ...

The executive branch is too powerful, yes, but Trump was free to act against Iran. In the maelstrom of modern war, presumed certainties crumble like piecrust. Consider two questions asked in the wake ...

World War II accelerated weapons innovation at an unprecedented pace. As global conflict intensified, the United States rapidly expanded and refined its arsenal, adapting existing designs while ...

World War II produced some of the most recognizable military weapons ever made, but few were more important than the rifles issued to ordinary soldiers. Millions of troops depended on these firearms ...

The sinking of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena by a US submarine in international waters marks a significant escalation of ...

This story has been updated with additional information from U.S. Central Command about the sinking of an IRGCN corvette. An ...

The sinking of the IRIS Dena by an American submarine in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of Sri Lanka marks the first time the US sunk a ship with a torpedo after World War Two. What are torpedoes, ...

Iran's barrage of ballistic missiles and suicide drones threaten to deplete the U.S. military's finite number of interceptor ...

Donald Trump's war against Iran is part of a terrifying new era of American imperialism, one in which the military budget never stops growing.

The U.S. and Israel were hunting the vestiges of Iran’s ballistic missile and drone inventory, with Tehran’s ability to ...

As Tehran's retaliation escalates with strikes on American bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and the UAE following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the USS Gerald R Ford, is positioned near the Jewish nation.