Formed by the Kuomintang Party in 1920, the Republic of China Air Force relied heavily on export aircraft in order to build up a substantial force. Initially the air force was used as a mere tool of local warlords.

Adolf Galland was a German Luftwaffe general who fought through the Second World War in Europe. As a flying ace, Galland scored a multitude of aerial victories on a variety of aircraft, including the pioneering jet fighter, the Me 262.

Sparked by the start of World War I three days earlier, the Swiss Air Force was established on the 31st of July 1914. The emergency unit consisted of a handful of pilots flying civilian aircraft and armed with rifles in case of combat. Despite the primitive condition of their air force, the Swiss were prepared to defend their neutrality by force.

“Summertime Madness!” comes to War Thunder! Enjoy numerous events, discounts and special missions in the first weeks of August. Gain more RP and Silver Lions, earn the best premium vehicles! And while the main game show of the year -  Gamescom -  is on, Golden Battles await you!

The relative peace of the arctic shore was disturbed on July 30th 1941. The Fleet Air Arm had launched two strikes against German ships in ports of northern Norway and Finland. The raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo would become a black day for the FAA.

From July 25th 20:00 (GMT) combined arms battles will not be available in simulator battles. Players will be able to play in tank only and aircraft only battles in simulator battle mode.

Allied troops arrived in Milne Bay at the eastern tip of New Guinea in June 1942, consisting of an Australian militia battalion and US airfield construction teams.On August 31st, the Japanese began an all-out night attack, making at least three “banzai” charges against the Allied positions at Milne Bay.

By mid July 1935, Boeing Aircraft Company presented a new aircraft, the Model 299 to the nation’s press. One journalist described the new aircraft as a ‘15-ton Flying Fortress’ and Boeing leapt on the chance to officially adopt the name.

Today is the Navy Day, one of the most popular military holidays in Russia, which is celebrated not only by navy soldiers, but also by all those people involved with the Navy like fleet workers and employees of Navy institutions, members or their famillies, and of course, World War II veterans and the All of the Armed Forces of the Russia.

Everybody is familiar with naval aircraft carriers, the massive hulks of steel which carry upon them countless aircraft, ready to fly in a moment’s notice. What if the same could be done in the air, instead of on the sea?

Fall Blau, or Case Blue, the German summer offensive between June 28th and November 24th 1942, was intended to fulfill the invasion goals of the previous year in the Soviet Union. The operation’s aim was to take both the oilfields of Baku and the city of Stalingrad with it’s industrial center and transpor­ta­tion hub intact.