This weekend earn additional Research Points and Silver Lions by participating in the duel of two of the famous infantry support tanks of the war!

In War Thunder’s new ‘Ugly Duckling’ series, we will take a look at the less well known aircraft of the world. This time: the OS2U Kingfisher!

As part of our newly introduced revenue share partner system, we are very happy to announce the first player created aircraft skins to be added to War Thunder!

At the recent games exhibition in Germany, the gamescom 2014, visitors of the War Thunder booth had the opportunity to meet the real SU-100 and the Bf 109 K-4.

The first nation to recognize the potential of military air power was Austria. In the First and Second World War, Austria produced many pilot aces, including the well-known Luftwaffe aces Walter Nowotny and Maximillian Stotz.

Saburo Sakai was born August 26th 1916 in the farming village of Nishiyoka in the Saga prefecture on Kyushu island, Japan. With 64 downed Allied aircraft, Sakai was a capable fighter ace that never lost a wingman in over 200 missions.

Whilst the first qualified female pilots were flying prior to the First World War, the 1920s and 1930s saw women acknowledged as professional aviators in their own right, likeAmy Johnson and Amelia Earhart. However, less well known in the west but far more pioneering for women within the field of military aviation was Marina Raskova.

The weather worked for Great Britain by hampering the Luftwaffe from effective raids, but on the 24th their natural ally dissipated.  While the RAF kept pace with demands earlier, the greatly increased demands were more than they could handle...

Pilots and Tankers, the War Thunder team continues to answer your questions in the "Developers Answers" series of videos.

All aircraft need regular maintenance; the practices in place in the modern day military aviation environment have many striking similarities to the procedures already implemented by the time of the Second World War. Even if undamaged by the enemy, aircraft parts are ‘life-exed’: depending on the aircraft and the individual parts, certain components will be replaced after flying a certain number of hours. In addition to this, aircraft have a scheduled maintenance package.

In May 1940 Tuck was transferred to No.92 Squadron at RAF Croydon, under the command of Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, who would later become famous as one of the masterminds behind ‘The Great Escape.’ On May 23rd, whilst flying a patrol over Dunkirk, the squadron were jumped by a staffel of Bf109s. In the ensuing dogfight Tuck shot down his first enemy aircraft. That afternoon No.92 Sqn again took to the skies, this time with Tuck shooting down two Bf110s.