Mexican president Manuel Ávila Camacho desperatly wanted to accept the challenge thrown down by the Axis countries; and so he assigned a Mexican Air Force unit to the United States Army Air Force fighting in the Pacific.

Retweet and follow our Twitter account to win a M4A2 Sherman Advanced Pack!

The new Update will bring you new exclusive premium planes, adjustments to the progression system and many more exciting changes!

January 13th, 1933, the Ilyushin’s construction bureau was founded. Sergey Ilyushin was a Soviet aircraft engineer, a designer of many famous machines including the legendary IL-2 Sturmovik.

It is time to reward some of our players who have participated in the  “Winter Magic” event series! Find out more about your prizes and when they will arrive in your hangar!

Today is the last day of our Christmas special events. Dreams come true in War Thunder! Participate in our special missions and choose what aircraft you want to receive special boosts!

Günther Rall was the third most successful fighter ace in history. The bulk of his career was spent fighting against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front; he participated in Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 and remained in this theatre until 1944.

On the 8th of January 2014 from 06:00 to 06:30 (GMT) there will be some planned  server maintenance, which may lead to difficulties when joining battles.

Maintenance is prolonged until 7am GMT. During that time servers may be unavailable.

We apologise for any inconvenience you may experience.

A famous pilot, aeronautical engineer, business magnate and aviation pioneer was born on January the 4th, 1895.

Server connection stability have been improved. Improved FMs.

Please note that the software under test is a very early version of the game, the current test is designed to find and fix bugs and errors, to balance the game and basic game principles properly whilst also ensuring it has been made fully stable for future integration.

The War Thunder Team would like to you wish you and your loved one's and friends a very happy and prosperous New Year. 2013 is nearly done and we are looking forward to 2014, a new year and a new opportunity to add to the Thunder with more good news and content very soon.

The most uncomfortable and by far the most dangerous position in combat aircraft was the gunner’s station, fighting not just enemy aircraft but well below sub-zero temperatures, sunburn, and dehydration.

Today we’re going to talk about the modifications within the War Thunder ground forces. Like aircraft modifications, tank modifications are split into 3 groups: “Mobility”, “Protection” and “Firepower”.

December 26th 19:00 GMT - live stream by eNtaK showing tank gameplay features and more! You have a unique opportunity to ask your questions to one of the  War Thunder devs - lead programmer Alex Polyakov!