Pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group stationed in Italy as part of the 15th Air Force, August 1944.
National Archives
The unpleasant wartime reality for the Tuskegee Airmen was that, in addition to a determined enemy, they had to fight their own side for the right to serve.
Austin Butler in Masters Of The Air.
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The show explores the American role in the European air war with care and sensitivity.
Callum Turner in Masters of the Air.
Apple TV
The American military buildup in Britain –popularly known as the “friendly invasion” – was an unprecedented moment in British history.
Disney/Sean Gleason
Once teeming with life, many of Britain’s wartime airfields are abandoned and full of the ghostly memories.
Sexism, harassment and bullying are rife in the UK’s Red Arrows.
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Elite groups often become trapped in echo chambers.
Malta’s capital Valletta.
Kavalenkava Volha/Alamy
When it comes to writing historical fiction, one author finds that it’s the very human details that resonate with the reader.
David Parker/Alamy Stock Photo
The technical and political issues at play in launching air attacks that may harm civilians.
Pride of the fleet: the submarine, HMS Triumph, in 1940 after being rebuilt.
Imperial War Museum archive
It took nearly two years for the Royal Navy to tell the story of the heroic voyage of the crippled submarine HMS Triumph.
Photos of British singer Vera Lynn are seen in a window, as her funeral procession is led through the village of Ditchling, southern England, July 10, 2020.
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We can celebrate Dame Vera while rejecting racist myths about Second World War Britain and those who seek to use Lynn to advance a xenophobic nostalgia.
Squadron Leader Douglas Bader CO of No Squadron seated on his Hawker Hurricane after the Battle of France, September 1940.
Devon S A (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer, Imperial War Museum
As it faced imminent Nazi invasion, Britain needed heroes. The RAF provided one ready made: a fighter pilot with no legs.
Ministry of Defence.
You have to be smart and fast to be a fighter pilot – but perhaps the most surprising challenge is the clothes you have to wear.
Busting dams.
PA
The science behind the famous World War II attack masterminded by Barnes Wallis.
The Cap Arcona burning.
The chaos that led to a disastrous attack in the final days of WWII.
So, here’s how we can still rule the waves.
Reuters
David Cameron talks like he can change the fight against Islamic State. But Britain’s international role has been dwindling for years.
Fly the unfriendly skies.
UK MoD/Flickr
PM wants more unmanned intervention but he should be wary of putting all his eggs in one basket.
We’re just cleaning it, promise.
EPA/Andy Rain
The true scale of the war against IS has gone largely unremarked on – until now.
Going bombing.
EPA/Neil Bryden/MOD
The UK’s air assault on Islamic State (IS) began with two RAF Tornado GR4 bombers attacking targets in Iraq: one using a Paveway IV precision-guided munition (PGM) to destroy an IS heavy weapon position…
It’s not a game: RAF pilots controlling a UAV at Kandahar Airport.
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The Reaper drone pilot and sensor operator stared intently at the bank of screens in front of them, their concentration fixed on one individual. Their target had been identified by more than one intelligence…