The last survivor of the American team that competed in Hitler’s 1936 Games in Berlin, she went on to become a wartime pilot ...

Iris Cummings Critchell, an aviation pioneer who was believed to be the last living Olympian from the 1936 Berlin Games, died last Friday at age 104. Her death was confirmed by the IOC and by Harvey ...

The U.S. Air Force briefly removed lessons about the Tuskegee Airmen and women pilots over concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion.

In a service where women were not permitted to fly in combat until 1993, adapting to a growing female population has been ...

One of the oldest living Olympians recently died at the age of 104, as former American swimmer Iris Cummings Critchell ...

A World War II soldier killed on a bomber plane in France more than 80 years ago will finally come home with an assist from his niece in Oxnard. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Felix Shostak, then 24, of ...

Exploring the world's most captivating abandoned places offers a unique glimpse into history, culture, and the passage of ...

Beyond his musical compositions, Marc Blitzstein was deeply engaged in the political and social movements of his time. His ...

A soldier who went missing in action during an aquatic mission in World War II has been accounted for, military officials ...

The devastating Air Florida Flight 90 crash on Jan. 13, 1982 and subsequent rescue efforts in the ice-covered Potomac River transfixed Washington and the nation ...

A passenger plane collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River – near Ronald Reagan National Airport just outside of Washington, DC – on Wednesday night, according to the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to move Gazans to Jordan and Egypt, if implemented, could upend any prospects of a two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The plan is ...