"According to official U.S. Air Force records, Lightnings shot down more Japanese aircraft than any other Allied fighter ... to nickname it Der Gabelschwanz Teufel ("the fork-tailed devil").
Any cursory discussion of WWII airplanes will bring up a couple of famous aircraft. For starters, the North American P-51 Mustang and ... the Fw 190 was hopeless to compete with the Army Air Corps’ ...
September saw the first production order of 150 aircraft. The first XP-61 prototype flew on May 21, 1942. An early P-61A finished in the then standard olive drab and grey paint scheme, clearly ...
The Intrepid Museum received an iconic WWII Corsair for a months-long restoration project on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, in New York City. A World War II FG-1D Corsair, courtesy of the National Naval ...
After World War I, technology had rapidly developed, and World War II saw the introduction of ever more sophisticated aircraft, weapons, ships, logistical support, intelligence, communications and ...
The Defense Ministry and the Self-Defense Forces are condemning a Russian IL-38 patrol ... the Russian patrol aircraft arrived at the site at around 12:50 p.m. on Sept. 23. It continued to fly ...
It is hard to comprehend just how quick a World War II fighter ... Cessna light aircraft. In terms of performance and ability, it is outmatched by another Tyabb resident: a P-51 Mustang, a version ...
The aircraft took off from Mürted Air Base, meeting the sky at 9:45 a.m., the report from NTV said, adding that Hürjet "which performed its first flight above the speed of sound, made a controlled ...