In what was considered a friendly competition between American fighter aces, Luke built a reputation ... considered the most dangerous targets for WWI fighter pilots. German anti-air defense ...

Series editor John Farren writes: Edward Mannock VC and James McCudden VC rose from modest backgrounds to become two of Britain's greatest fighter aces in World War One. As their number of ...

But the one they were proudest of was Baker’s: it was the twelfth MIG he had destroyed and made him the leading jet-to-jet ace of the Korean war. Previous record holder: another Texan ...

The Royal Flying Corps, which became the Royal Air Force in 1918, played an increasingly critical role in the fighting and a new type of hero was born, the flying ace. In the summer of 1918 ...