Lockheed tried to build on the P-38 with two “new Lightnings,” the XP-49 with a pressurized cockpit and heavier armament, and the XP-58 Chain Lightning, a bomber killer that kept gaining guns, crew, ...

On this day in aviation history, January 27, 1939, the Lockheed XP-38 made its first flight. Developed under great secrecy, the aircraft would become famous during WWII as the legendary Lockheed P-38 ...

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On Nov. 7, 1944, that convergence produced the only acknowledged direct combat between American and Soviet forces in World ...

The Trump administration is suing the local government of Washington, DC, over its gun laws, alleging that restrictions on certain semiautomatic weapons run afoul of Second Amendment rights. The US ...

The NSW government looks set to legislate before Christmas the toughest gun laws in Australia, following Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane’s indication she would likely offer bipartisan support in the ...

One of the Bondi Beach killers was granted a gun licence two years ago, years after his son was investigated by ASIO, the revelation emerging as Premier Chris Minns commits to introducing the toughest ...

From the potential dangers of lighting strikes to safety issues surrounding turbulence, we asked two aviation experts to offer their insight into some of the world’s biggest plane myths. See what ...

The massacre of 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday night by two gun-wielding terrorists has shone a harsh spotlight on Australia’s firearms licensing laws. I’ve had a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The NSW government will today introduce laws to parliament for the biggest overhaul to gun laws in decades. The way two terrorists were ...

NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley says the state’s firearms registry was a “shambles” during the period when one of the Bondi massacre gunmen applied for and was granted a licence for the guns used in ...

Despite intelligence chiefs, John Howard and Jewish leaders saying this week gun reform wasn’t the answer to the sick anti-Semitism which fuelled Sunday’s tragedy, the Prime Minister announced the ...