On this day in aviation history, December 21, 1936, the Junkers Ju 88 made its first flight. This aircraft would go on to play a vital role in the German Luftwaffe’s campaigns across Europe, North ...

The Junkers JU-87, better known by its nickname "Stuka," was one of World War II's most iconic combat aircraft. Its distinctive inverted "gull" wings and fixed undercarriage make it unmistakable, and ...

A Junkers Ju-87 begins to roll in on a target in the Balkans during the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. The "little bomber" was considered outdated before WWII even began, but it wound up ...

The Stuka was as much a psychological warfare weapon as it was an actual weapon of war. Before hostilities fully commenced, the decade preceding the outbreak of the Second World War, saw a flowering ...

Remains of the Junkers Ju 88 aircraft found in Sicily. Credit: Elio Nicosia / Soprintendenza del Mare In a recent discovery that adds yet another piece to the complex mosaic of World War II in the ...

As one would expect, the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, the museum also displays a number of aircraft flown by nations that have ...