Here’s a great story about an aerial battle...  ...nown as the Battle of Palmdale. Some World War II fighter planes were converted to radio-control so they could be...  ...d be flown as practice targets. One such unmanned plane took off on August 16, 1956, from Point Mugu Nava...  ...ng they needed was for...

(Image: BBC)Joy Lofthouse, 92, was a pilot with Br...  ...orld War II. She flew the UK's legendary Spitfire fighter plane . A 2009 article in the Daily Mail describes her e...

[http://youtu.be/3M2XZEYqIpQ] (YouTube link)The Na...  ...mber, which would be better named the Wheat Field Fighter . Pilot Gary Foust tells how the Convair F-106 Del...  ...in a snow-covered Montana field! No, the military fighter plane did not have autopilot. The plane had so...

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union produced tho...  ...Soviet Union produced thousands upon thousands of fighter planes like the MiG series. Those planes don't last forever, and eventually each is taken...  ...f active service. What to do with so many retired planes ? One th...