Here’s What You Need To Remember: Only extraordinary circumstances—particularly the lack of Combat Air Patrol—made the ambush of the Glorious possible by two large capital ships on a clear day. For ...

LONDON, Aug. 3, 1914 (UP) -- The first air battle in world history has taken place at Longwy, France. A French aviator circled above a German aircraft, fired down upon it, and sent it 300 feet to ...

That rate of fire, combined with good marksmanship, turned ordinary soldiers into surprisingly effective long-range killers.

In early 1942, England was in danger of being cut off by Nazi U-boats, which were attacking resupply convoys in the Atlantic. To protect convoys as they crossed, a British inventor came up with a plan ...