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The P-51 Mustang Was the Best WWII Fighter

Pre-war air doctrine claimed massed, gun-bristling bombers could penetrate enemy airspace without escorts. Reality hit hard ...
By far the best American fighter of 1939, and by far the shiniest aircraft on this list, the Curtiss Hawk 75A scored the ...
During WWII, engineers produced some of the most iconic aircraft in history. From sleek fighters to hulking steel beasts -- ...
Neel Kearby became a hardcore “believer” in the P-47 and devoted himself to developing a doctrine for making the most of the ...
Two daring German pilots didn’t just fly they rewrote the rules of air combat and changed the course of WWII forever.
During World War II, the sky was its own battlefield, and the fighter pilots who owned it were a different breed. They were ...
Noel L. Dunn painted a collection of 100 works featuring combat warbirds, each autographed by those who flew them. Dunn donated his collection to the Fagen Fighters World War II Museum in Granite ...
The sounds and sights of WWII will mark Veterans Day and the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII at the Commemorative Air ...
In the wake of World War 2, the United States emerged as an industrial powerhouse after supplying its own military and its ...
Lt. Col. George Hardy, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen and the last of the group's World War II pilots, died Tuesday night, according to Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. He was 100 years old. “His legacy is ...
Only true aviation experts can spot these fighter jets by just their silhouettes alone. Fifth-gen shapes, stealthy edges, and ...