From a logistical standpoint, the Hurricane proved significantly cheaper to build than the Supermarine Spitfire as well as being even simpler to overhaul, especially when it came to repairing ...

BMW is best known for cars, but during World War II, the company was tasked with making airplane engines for the German ...

As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill said about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots ... “so few” in “Their Finest Hour”: the Supermarine Spitfire or the Hawker Hurricane?

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

The history of military aviation is filled with powerful and deadly aircraft that have played significant roles in warfare.

An apparent Litening targeting pod and its pylon became detached from an RAF Eurofighter Typhoon during a training sortie over East Yorkshire in Northern England. The pod and its pylon fell into a ...

The first glimpse of the RAF’s next generation of “groundbreaking” fighter jets has been revealed, but MPs have warned the £12 billion cost of the programme could spiral. The jets ...

Documents from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) show that some of the highest concentrations of the chemicals can be found in RAF bases across the UK. Groundwater samples from RAF Benson in South ...