World War II aircraft artifacts and munitions uncovered at Yokota Air Base reveal the site’s history as a Japanese military ...

On February 17, 1944, American carrier aircraft struck Truk Lagoon, one of Japan’s most important naval bases in the central Pacific. The target was not a beachhead. No Marines were waiting in landing ...

In the First World War, fighter aircraft typically had only two light machine guns. By the Second World War, the firepower available to combat aircraft had increased dramatically. An arsenal of ...