Looking at photos of plane used in World War II, you may have noticed a lot of cables and wires around them. Here's what those cables were for.

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

The Mitsubishi Zero will forever be remembered as the plane that was instrumental in bringing the United States into World War II. On December 7 th , 1941, under the attack signal, "Tora! Tora!

A trio of historic World War II aircraft are scheduled to arrive at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Tuesday morning, weather and conditions permitting. The Commemorative Air Force ...

To determine the most produced American planes in WWII, 24/7 Wall St. referenced the Army Air Forces Statistical Digest: World War II, December 1945 edition, which details production numbers of U ...