No other Japanese aircraft surpasses the Mitsubishi A6M Reisen ("ree-sin") as the symbol of Japanese air power during World War II. All Allied pilots feared and respected the Zero fighter early in the ...

First flown in April 1939, the Zero was produced in large numbers by Mitsubishi, Nakajima, Hitachi, and the Japanese Navy, with 10,815 units built between 1940 and 1945.

Almost 70 years after it was flown by the Imperial Japanese Navy, a Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane is being prepared to once again take to the skies of Japan to mark the anniversary of the end ...

The A6M saw its first combat in China in late 1940 and quickly established Japan's air superiority throughout Asia. On December 7, 1941, 125 Zeros participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor ...

What You Need to Know: Japan’s Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter dominated the skies over the Pacific early in World War II, achieving a 12-to-1 kill ratio.

The Hellcat's shoot-down-to-loss ratio was a staggering 19:1, accounting for three-quarters of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps air-to-air shootdowns against Imperial Japan.

For this session in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, I’m flying the Mitsubishi A6M2, Japan’s main fighter of World War II, famously known as the “Zero.”. Introduced in 1940, the A6M was ...

What You Need to Know: Japan’s Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter dominated the skies over the Pacific early in World War II, achieving a 12-to-1 kill ratio.This carrier-based warplane, known for its ...

Most living Americans tend to think of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero as the Japanese plane that walloped the Americans at Pearl Harbor. Okay, well, it did do that. But it wasn’t the fearsome fighter ...