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Working on the Homefront, 1942-45" exhibit features about 50 photographs of workers at Grumman, Sperry, Republic and Liberty.
On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo sank the heavy cruiser New Orleans, sending it to the bottom of the Pacific. Its whereabouts were ...
BAE Systems Australia has test-fired the Vantage automatic turret system (ATS), which the company jointly developed with Slovenian defence manufacturer Valhalla Turrets ...
The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs.
Barrage balloons were used by many countries in WW2, including Britain and the U.S., and played a vital role in the Normandy landings on D-Day.
President Donald Trump announced plans on Thursday to designate May 8 as World War II "Victory Day" and Nov. 11 as World War I "Victory Day," stating that the U.S. did a lot to win both wars.
Overwatch 2 overhauls the original game, bringing a major rebalance, new characters and modes, and going free-to-play. Is it worth playing?
Jerry Duran of Salem didn't mind the cramped quarters of the ball turret in the belly of the B-17 bomber.
Sleek, agile, powerful and possessing a multitude of guns on the nose and wings – the fighters of World War II have etched themselves a position in history akin to the greatest knights of the ...
Frank Mazikowski completed 62 missions with a B-24 crew before going on to a career as an Air Force translator involved in intelligence work.
An innovative new way of fighting in the air developed in the 1930s, where fighter planes were equipped with a rotating hydraulic turret rather than front facing guns. Instead of battling to get ...
Among its heavily touted features was its unmanned turret, which included a remotely controlled 125mm 2A82-1M smoothbore main gun with a fully automated loader.