The Corsair performed well during World War II, claiming 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses—an overall kill ratio ...

His focus is on security and defense issues in the Western Pacific region. He is a graduate of Hong Kong Baptist University. You can get in touch with Ryan by emailing r.chan@newsweek.com.

T he Bell P-39 Airacobra was a fighter primarily produced by US-based aerospace manufacturer Bell Aircraft for the United ...

The Flying Tigers were one of the first American air units to fight the Japanese as World War II began. A gruff Texas native, Claire Chennault, organized the volunteer force in the months before ...

"The Military Health System does not have the capacity to care for every casualty," Paul Friedrichs, a retired Air Force general ... noting that in a Pacific war, the US military could see up ...

The US Air Force restores North Field Airbase, the WWII launch site for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings, to ...

Securing Saipan was of critical importance to the U.S.; its airfields would put the Army Air ... the Pacific theater was yet to see its deadliest days. The final land battle of World War II ...

largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning point of WWII. 1ST TO FIGHT: PACIFIC WAR MARINES, narrated by actor Jon Seda, documents the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A Wichita World War II Army Air Force pilot, 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson, is coming home. His remains were found after being trapped deep in the Pacific Ocean for nearly ...

(KSNW) — The remains of a Wichita airman have been recovered and identified almost 81 years after he and his crew were shot down in World War II. B-24D Liberator “Heaven Can Wait” (U. S. Air ...

He discusses World War II-era munitions in "The Pacific," starring Joseph Mazzello ... He looks at the bombing raids in "Masters of the Air," starring Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan.