American observation planes were never designed to attack armor. Yet in the later stages of World War II, some were armed with rockets and bazookas to strike German tanks from above. This video ...

During World War II, a fragile American observation plane was used in ways it was never designed for. This story follows Major Charles “Bazooka Charlie” Carpenter and the L-4 Grasshopper as they faced ...

A Ryanair plane collided with a fuel tank at Edinburgh Airport shortly before take-off. The aircraft, which was due to fly to Faro, Portugal, came into contact with the cab of the fuel truck at 10am ...

Aircraft are one of the most important tools for fighting wildfires, and across the various agencies and private companies that use firefighting aircraft, you'll find an entire arsenal of airborne ...

The UPS cargo plane that crashed in Louisville Tuesday was 34 years old and was very recently grounded for more than a month for critical repairs to its fuel tank, according to a report. The MD-11 ...

A UPS cargo plane crashed just after takeoff in Louisville, Ky., with authorities reporting fatalities and several injuries. Photo: Stephen Cohen/Getty Images The United Parcel Service cargo plane ...

BERLIN (AP) — Air force fighter jets from Germany and Sweden were scrambled Sunday to intercept and track a Russian surveillance plane that was flying unidentified over the Baltic Sea, military ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As news reports broadcast images of planes flipping upside down, performing emergency landings or ...

German leaders raised the possibility that a fiery cargo plane crash in Lithuania on Monday was the result of sabotage or hybrid warfare. The cargo plane was flying from Leipzig, Germany, and was due ...

Last year, I visited Cape Town, South Africa, for a girl's trip. The flight to our destination lasted 15 hours — the longest I'd ever been on an airplane. As I settled into my not-quite-comfy-enough ...

CHISINAU, Moldova — A small German-registered plane crashed on Sunday in a town near Moldova’s capital, killing the lone pilot on board, aviation authorities said. The fatal accident happened shortly ...

Hopefully, she wasn’t seeing “not real” things while in the cockpit. “Went from freaking out on a plane to flying one,” quipped the self-effacing Gomas in the caption to the clip, which was filmed ...