The scene of World War II propeller aircraft flying next to modern fighter jets shows how far military aviation has advanced—but also highlights the continuity of the RAF. The Royal Air Force (RAF) is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ministry of Defence officials named the pilot as Squadron Leader Mark Long The pilot of a Spitfire involved in a fatal crash in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A British Royal Air Force pilot has died after the World War II era Spitfire he was flying crashed into a field in England. The ...

Prince William and Kate Middleton honored the death of Mark Long, a British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot who crashed while flying a World War II-era Spitfire plane on May 25. "Incredibly sad to hear of ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Britain’s Directorate of Technical Development considered Poland’s PZL P.24 monoplane to replace the Hawker Fury before deciding to stay with the indigenous Spitfire.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: For Britain’s sake, it’s probably a good thing that the assessors never gave the P.24 a fighting chance. Early in the war, the Polish plane flew in combat with the ...

Britain’s Royal Air Force will ground a fleet of World War II-era aircraft following a deadly crash of one of its Spitfire fighters, the warplane famous for resisting the German Luftwaffe in the 1940 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Royal Air Force Spitfire that spent 40 years buried on a French beach before being returned to flying condition is being sold at ...

Crowds at the RAF Museum Midlands in Shropshire, as well as those living nearby, got the chance to see a Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight fly overhead on Sunday. The plane was a ...

A British Royal Air Force pilot has died after the World War II era Spitfire he was flying crashed into a field in England. The RAF announced Saturday the pilot had died in a “tragic accident” near ...