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 Spitfire’s Surprising Role in World War II: More Than Just a Fighter Apart perhaps from the B-17 “Flying Fortress,” no other World War II aircraft is as famous as the Supermarine Spitfire.

A large portion of World War II was fought in the air ... The current Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, a highly advanced do-it-all fighter plane was named after the P-38 Lightning.

World War II saw a great deal of innovation in the area of fighter aircraft design and construction ... the P-35 wasn't the best fighter produced by the U.S. in the lead-up to WWII.

LONDON (AP) — A World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near a British air force base in eastern England on Saturday, killing the pilot, the U.K. defense ministry said. The ministry ...

There is an important distinction to make between aircraft that might fall into this category. Although the term “strike fighter” emerged during World War II, the aircraft of that time did not ...

Andy Alfaro Sacramento Bee file If you cruised on Interstate 80 near Madison Avenue in Sacramento back in the early 2000s, you might remember seeing a World War II fighter plane perched by the ...

It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out how a World War II fighter-bomber was squeezed into an exhibition space on the former aircraft carrier Intrepid. We’ll also get details on new census data ...