A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday.

A 500-pound bomb from World War II dropped by the United States ... Hundreds of undetonated bombs dropped on Japan by the United States Army Air Force remain buried across Japan.

The Flying Tigers, or the American Volunteer Group, was made up of American volunteer pilots who were drafted by Colonel Claire L. Chennault from 1941 to 1942 to fight with Japanese air force in ...

Time and American airpower made the Zero, a staple of the Japanese air force during World War II, a highly endangered species. Nearly 11,000 Zeros have dwindled to only two airworthy specimens ...

The astonishing untold story of the WWII airmen who risked it ... In 1942, the Fifth Air Force was a ragtag, beaten force that the Japanese crushed and ran out of the Philippines, then crushed ...

Curtis LeMay, who masterminded the devastating firebombing of Tokyo during World War II. The petition ... for his role in developing Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force. In submitting the petition ...