This article was previously published in the Oct. 17, 2025 edition of “Stars and Stripes.” Several summers ago I was relaxing on our back porch in central Pennsylvania. I heard a very familiar rumble ...

Witness a complete WWII strategic bombing mission over Germany, from the initial briefing to the perilous return, in this ...

From the deafening engines to the bone-chilling altitude, Vern Roberts flew with the men who braved B-24 missions over Nazi-occupied Europe. Each sortie meant flak storms, freezing cabins, and the ...

VALPARAISO | The engine on the World War II B-17 Flying Fortress rumbled like a passing freight train as it prepared to take off at the Porter County Regional Airport Monday afternoon. Inside, people ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Tucson's remarkable connection to aviation history includes the B-24 Liberator. A key U.S. bomber in World War II, American pilots and their crews trained here at Davis-Monthan.

This is the forgotten history and unknown stories of the B-24 Liberator, what you likely never knew about the bomber that ...

FORT THOMAS, Ky. (WKRC) - For more than 70 years, the family of Army First Lt. Joseph De Jarnette didn't know much about what exactly happened to him. It started on April 8, 1944, when the pilot and ...

ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE - The Dakota Queen is flying again. Sixty years after Lt. George McGovern flew bombing missions in World War II, one of the B-1B Lancers at Ellsworth Air Force Base has taken ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WATE) — A United States Army Air Force veteran who is part of the Greatest Generation celebrated his 100th birthday in May. WATE’s Don Dare traveled to Chattanooga to talk with the ...

APPLETON (WLUK) -- A Fox Valley veteran was surrounded by dozens of people Wednesday as he celebrated a milestone birthday. Arden Mattice, a World War II nose gunner on a B-24 Liberator, turned 100 ...