Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Share Anthony Faikus did just about anything he wanted. He was a World War II fighter pilot, an author of a memoir, a robust gymnast and a strong swimmer who at nearly 90 ...

The World War II movie discussion group will meet Saturday, Feb. 1, to watch clips from and discuss the movie “PT-109,” the patrol boat skippered by war hero and future President John F.

For instance, the Armstrong Whitworth Siskin has been called the slowest fighter of WWII — at a paltry 156 ... that the only operational Me 163 Komet group accounted for nine kills, but at ...

The American fighter Lockheed P-38 Lightning from the World War II era, whose wreck is located off the coast of Wales (near Harlech) attracts enthusiasts of history and photography.

The Tuskegee Airmen, known as the “Red Tails,” were the nation’s first Black military pilots who served in a segregated WWII unit and their all-Black 332nd Fighter Group had one of the ...

Jiří Klůc (left) collected hundreds of birthday cards for World War II fighter pilot Antonin Fajkus (right) and delivered them to Fajkus during a celebration of his 101st birthday at the ...

An Air Force fighter pilot is in the hospital after an F-35 jet crashed at Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska, dramatic video shows. The F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday at 12:49 p.m ...

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Around 10 a.m., police located a man suffering from a gunshot wound near E. 27th Street and Askew Avenue. The victim died at the scene. Police took a subject of interest into custody and are not ...

The Tuskegee Airmen, an active fighter unit from 1940 to 1952, were the first soldiers who flew during World War II. The group flew more than 15,000 sorties and destroyed more than 100 German ...

However, many comparisons took place not on the quality but over box office numbers, and Akshay reacts to it saying, “The problem is we've created a society in which the profit and bottom line ...