American observation planes were never designed to attack armor. Yet in the later stages of World War II, some were armed with rockets and bazookas to strike German tanks from above. This video ...

During World War II, a fragile American observation plane was used in ways it was never designed for. This story follows Major Charles “Bazooka Charlie” Carpenter and the L-4 Grasshopper as they faced ...

Lithuania is preparing to build several dozen Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks at an upcoming facility in Kaunas. Germany and Baltic NATO member Lithuania have already announced cooperation in building ...

Aircraft are one of the most important tools for fighting wildfires, and across the various agencies and private companies that use firefighting aircraft, you'll find an entire arsenal of airborne ...

The first of eight P-8A Poseidon submarine-hunting aircraft ordered for the German Navy arrived in Berlin on Nov. 7, 2025. (Linus Höller/staff) BERLIN — The first of eight P-8A Poseidon ...

The UPS cargo plane that crashed in Louisville Tuesday was 34 years old and was very recently grounded for more than a month for critical repairs to its fuel tank, according to a report. The MD-11 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The UPS plane that crashed Tuesday near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport once had cracks and corrosion in its main structure and a fuel tank. UPS Flight 2976 ...

A plane crash killed 11 people, mostly European tourists, in Kenya's coastal region of Kwale early on Tuesday while en route to Maasai Mara National Reserve. The airline, Mombasa Air Safari, said that ...

BERLIN (AP) — Air force fighter jets from Germany and Sweden were scrambled Sunday to intercept and track a Russian surveillance plane that was flying unidentified over the Baltic Sea, military ...

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius confirmed reports that Berlin is looking into buying a minority stake of the Franco-German tank manufacturer KNDS NV. The German family shareholders of KNDS are ...

M1 Abrams tanks are huge, weighing in at nearly 68 tons each (M1A2 variant). But somehow, these steel beasts keep showing up all over the world. Whether it's a deployment to Afghanistan or a delivery ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...