NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. (WLS) -- Although Waukegan native Janice C. Christensen flew military aircraft during World War II, she was not recognized as a member of the military until Friday. At her grave ...

William “Bill” Hanchett was a Berkeley-educated history scholar. He was a civilian historian for the U.S. Air Force and for more than 30 years taught U.S. history at San Diego State University, where ...

FORT THOMAS, Ky. (WKRC) - For more than 70 years, the family of Army First Lt. Joseph De Jarnette didn't know much about what exactly happened to him. It started on April 8, 1944, when the pilot and ...

When author Becky Aikman decided in 2019 to write a book about the 25 American female pilots who flew planes for the Royal Air Force during World War II, she discovered that all but one of the women ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — After more than eight decades, a Wichita World War II veteran has finally returned home. 1st Lt. Herbert Tennyson, whose plane was shot down over Papua New Guinea in 1944, was ...

BOUNTIFUL — More than 80 years after a WWII pilot's bomber was hit, his remains are returning home to Utah. 1st Lt. George "Frankie" Wilson of Bountiful was one of nine crew members flying on a B-17 ...

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100. Stewart was one of the ...