Airplanes have long played an important role in wars, conducting reconnaissance and bombing missions — as well as fighting each other in the skies. Close-quarters combat between aircraft is known as ...

The iconic RAF roundel underwent dramatic transformations through two world wars, from adding white rings for visibility to developing special low visibility versions for modern stealth aircraft.

In 1930, the critically insane Howard Hughes produced the film Hell’s Angels, ambitiously using hundreds of real planes to re-create WWI dogfights. A superb pilot and certified wild man, Hughes went ...