At the dawn of the First World War, aviation was still in its infancy. Growing tensions in Europe prompted governments to invest in the improvement of airplanes and their adaptation for military use. The world's major powers embarked on an arms race and technological innovation spree. Airplanes, these flying contraptions made of wood and string, resembling large kites, transformed into weapons of war. Their pilots become heroes!

In 1916, the battles of Verdun and the Somme, where France, England, and Germany clashed, marked a major turning point in the history of military aviation. It was the era of the first aerial tactics. The sky became a battlefield traversed by increasingly advanced machines piloted by a new kind of knights: the Aces! But when the war comes to an end, what to do with the thousands of now useless planes, and what future awaits their pilots?

The 1930s: madness of regained peace, madness of speed and modernity. Industrialists are producing new airplane models for the civilian world. Aviation captivates the masses; airshows are becoming increasingly popular, and new aviators aspire to cross the Atlantic to reach unknown territories. Suddenly, the planet seems to shrink... For the airplane, the thirties represent a new era in technological revolution. Soon, it will be the era of a new war...

With the United States entering the war in December 1941, the use of air forces underwent a radical transformation. In the Pacific, naval air forces became the spearhead of American offensive strategy. On the European front, massive bombing raids preceded ground offensives. Attacking faster, stronger, and farther, the was henceforth the indi spensable actor in a new type of warfare, contributing to the emergence of a new world order.