The Whirlwind was a heavily-armed, single-seat, twin-engine fighter designed for high performance, with great attention paid ...

Most dedicated ground attack aircraft of the Second World War were relatively slow and vulnerable to fighter attack but the ...

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt entered World War II as an object of ridicule, dismissed by German pilots as slow, heavy, and ...

The P-39 was one of America's first-line pursuit planes in December 1941. It made its initial flight in April 1939 at Wright Field, Ohio, and by the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, nearly 600 had ...

Lt. Ralph Cornelius DuPont, an F6F-5 Hellcat pilot assigned to Fighting Squadron 18 aboard the USS Intrepid, went Missing In Action Oct. 12, 1944, during World War II's Battle of Formosa. DuPont was ...

A Phoenix man sought to honor his grandfather, a decorated World War II fighter pilot, after learning of his struggles with PTSD. Lt. Arthur Van Haren Jr., a Latino fighter ace, shot down nine enemy ...

Donald McPherson, a World War II Navy pilot from Nebraska, died Aug. 14 at age 103. He was recognized as America’s last surviving WWII "ace," credited with five aerial victories. Family say he wanted ...

Almost 80 years ago, two warriors left Los Alamitos to fight in World War II. The men both died in action in 1944. The two friends, Delphino Marin-Casado, who enlisted in the Marines, and Lonnie T.