Aerial warfare historian Yusuke Orita was thrilled when his decade-long effort to collect and analyze U.S. military war film ...

Late in World War II, Japan unleashed the Ki-84 Hayate — a fighter so fast and powerful it finally rivaled the Mustang and Thunderbolt. With blistering speed, heavy armament, and deadly agility, it ...

Donald McPherson, who scored five aerial victories and was considered the last living American ace pilot from World War II, died this month at the age of 103. McPherson served as a naval aviator ...

Joe Peterburs grins from the backseat of a P-51H Mustang, the same kind of plane he flew over Germany in World War II, during the Rumble Over the Redwoods Air Show in California. (Courtesy Carson ...

Decades after its prime, this World War II fighter is put to the test. Can it still start up and take to the skies once more?

The forces of major belligerents produced many iconic warbirds during the Second World War. The rotary, radial, and V-powered Focke Wulf 190, P-51 Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire, P-47 Thunderbolt, ...

Donald McPherson, believed to be the last surviving American World War II Navy fighter ace, has died at 103. He served as a naval aviator with VF-83 on the USS Essex in the Pacific Theater, achieving ...