WENDOVER — At the Historic Wendover Airfield, the silence can feel heavy. It's almost as if you can sense them. "We feel that connection to those individuals who trained here," said Landon Wilkey, who ...
Uniquely is a Fresno Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Fresno area so special. An airstrip once used to develop U.S. pilots during ...
In the coastal town of Rockport, Texas, hides a gem of an airport with a vast history. The Aransas County Airport (RKP) was built as a World War II training site for navy pilots in 1942, and in 1948 ...
During the height of World War II, when thousands of troops were learning intelligence craft at Camp Ritchie in central Maryland, a much smaller corps of several hundred was being trained for ...
The B-17 Flying Fortress was a crucial bomber in WWII, serving in all theaters and symbolizing American industry and response to the war. Bomber Camp in Stockton, California, offers a unique immersive ...
Trivia time. Can you name some of Nevada’s military’s training bases during World War II? Hopefully you mentioned Naval Air Station Fallon, Las Vegas Army Air Force Base, and Reno Army Air Force Base.
A tourist looking for shark’s teeth on a North Carolina beach stumbled onto something when this sliver of steel appeared in the sand. It’s believed to be a bullet linked to WWII training missions off ...
This could have been an explosive find. Construction crews erecting a housing development in Colorado Monday unwittingly unearthed a piece of American history: a World War II-era bomb. The cast iron ...
MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- The Midland County Fire Marshal’s Office has confirmed that munitions dating back to World War II were found in south Midland County. Explosive Ordinance Disposal ...
Dressed in a period civilian flight instructor uniform, Chuck Workman of Lakewood, California, at right, watches a B-25 Mitchell bomber that was part of a fly-in at Eagle Field in Dos Palos in June ...