The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the U.S. Army Air Force’s first dedicated night-fighter, featuring innovative radar technology. With its twin-engine, twin-boom design, the P-61 excelled in nighttime ...

The P-61 Black Widow remains one of the most chilling and fascinating aircraft to have ever flown during World War II. As the first American night fighter, the Black Widow was designed with ...

It’s instructive to me that he wanted these words etched into the pink marble stone of his marker: “WWII Pilot Night Fighter CPT.” He’d been little more than a boy over there. He lived to ...

The Germans primarily painted spirals on the nosecones of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, two of the best German fighter planes of WW2.The spirals worked well to promote safety.

As a fighter ace who received the Medal of Honor after shooting down 26 Japanese planes over Guadalcanal during World War II, Joe Foss was accustomed to bold action. He was not afraid to think big ...