Many experts consider it the best World War II fighter plane. -Conceived in just five years, the Mustang’s prototype, the NA-73X, was designed, built, and flown within 180 days. Initially ...

The theaters of World War II were swarming with notable aircraft ... bombers to fighters, and they were always exploring new engineering techniques. These four stand out as the best the Third ...

The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.

Rolls-Royce was behind the Merlin Engine, which powered the most famous World War II fighter planes - including the Spitfire, Hurricane, Mosquito, Mustang and Lancaster. The luxury car ...

The US Air Force Museum boasts the world's greatest aircraft displays with some of its rarest and most iconic aircraft.

Manufactured from 1938 to 1944, 13,738 Curtis P40-Warhawk fighter planes were produced. Although technological progress in aviation outpaced the Warhawk by the end of WWII, it held the distinction ...

When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the ... made him both the Navy’s first World War II fighter ace and its first WWII aviator to receive the Medal of Honor.