On July 10, 1940, a German pilot spotted a convoy of British fighter planes and radioed base. Luftwaffe commander Colonel Johannes Fink replied with a single word: "Destroy!" Soon, 70 German ...

Hans Ulrich Rudel was one of the most famous WW2 pilots. He joined the Luftwaffe already in 1936, he mostly flew the iconic Junkers Ju-87 Stuka and destroyed unbelievable quantities of enemy equipment ...

T he Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces. It took place during the Second ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Ironically, lack of training was a major cause for the destruction of the old Luftwaffe in Nazi Germany.In 1939, German pilots would go into battle with more than ...

This story is a selection from the September issue of Air & Space magazine In his new book, Shadow Over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-Boats: 1943–45, Robert Forsyth sheds light on the ...

A Luftwaffe Eurofighter departs a dedicated stretch of highway in Finland as the service and the wider NATO alliance look to revamp their ACE off-base capabilities.