The year 1944 was one the world will never forget. In Europe and across the Pacific, World War II raged on with unrelenting ...

The high-performance, heavily armed, and long-range fighter was able to escort bombers deep into enemy territory and destroy ...

A P-40 flying the ROC livery at the Speed of Sound Airshow, at Rosecrans ANGB, Missouri, September 14, 2024. This aircraft ...

A U.S. Navy F-35 fighter jet crashed following an "aviation incident" in California, authorities and officials said.

Fighter jets that can take off and land without a runway are essential for military strategy. Here are four of the most ...

U.S. Marines and Australian Army units teamed up with the U.S. Army last week as part of a multi-service team to sink a cargo ...

Weather delays have forced the postponement of the 2025 mission to recover a P-38 from Greenland's Lost Squadron.

The Poplar native shot down 40 Japanese airplanes over the South Pacific during World War II to earn the title bestowed on him by General Douglas S. MacArthur who presented Bong the Congressional ...

The North American P-51D Mustang was the definitive long-range escort fighter of World War II, fundamentally turning the tide of the air war over Europe. -While early versions of the Mustang were ...

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It still looks like a mashup of 1980s Group C racer and WWII-era Lockheed P-38 Lightning. What has changed, Klein says, is the engine setup.

Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World War II, U.S. forces relied on other, less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily ...