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 ...
WENDOVER, Utah — At the historic Wendover Airfield, a once bustling hub of World War II military training, a new effort is underway to ensure that thousands of fallen aviators are finally honored. The ...
In early 1941, the once-quiet Torrey Pines bluffs — a landscape of red-tailed hawks and the gliders of Charles Lindbergh’s soaring clubs — suddenly echoed with the rumble of construction. Target ...
Camp Iron Mountain, part of General Patton’s Desert Training Center, remains the best‑preserved World War II training site in California’s Mojave Desert. Its rock‑lined roads and pathways still mark ...
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 ...
Taber Woodrum and Amy Wilda, from Oregon, walk Wednesday under the wing of a 1944 World War II-era Mitchell medium bombardier training plane, a B-25 dubbed “Sweet Dreams,” on display in the Rowland ...
Explore the lasting legacy of WWII airfields and their unexpected role in the future of American aviation.
GARLAND CITY, Ark. — Nearly 80 years after a midair collision killed 13 young airmen during World War II training in Garland City, residents of the town are working to ensure the men are finally ...