Royce Williams was flying an inferior F9F Panther. Military aviation experts say Williams' success that day was a result of his training and readiness. More than 70 years ago, a US Navy pilot took on ...

At the height of the Cold War, the idea of the US Navy operating a Soviet built ship seemed impossible. Yet one massive cargo ...

More than 70 years after he took part in the longest dogfight in Navy history, scoring four aerial victories, Royce Williams might finally get the Medal of Honor. Over the weekend, Congress released ...

This real-life Korean War “Top Gun” kept his war story secret for 50 years. In 1952, then-U.S. Navy pilot Royce Williams engaged in possibly the longest solo aerial dogfight against four Soviet jets, ...

The U.S. Navy’s Maritime Sealift Command sails a number of odd-looking ships, but just one has the unusual background of having been built in the former Soviet Union. The USNS Lance Cpl. Roy M. Wheat, ...

If you’re struck by China’s rise to nautical prominence, get a load of Soviet naval history. Though disparaged today, Soviet seafarers were worthy adversaries. Indeed, contemporary Russia occasionally ...

Key Point: The Panther on MiG skirmish over Vladivostok was the last occasion in which a U.S. fighter plane shot down a nominally Russian fighter, but not the last aerial engagement between Soviet and ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Seawolf-class submarines are outstanding submarines, but the Cold War mindset at the time of development accepted high performance and consequently high costs to ...

One of the most dangerous incidents at sea during the Cold War took place on this day 36 years ago in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The Soviet Navy submarine K-219 caught fire and ultimately sank, ...