The Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA, will begin 2026 with a special program on Saturday, January 3, centered on one of its most significant World War II aircraft: the combat-veteran Vought F4U-1A ...

On March 3, 1945, James Huston Jr., a 21-year-old pilot from Pennsylvania, took off from the Navy escort carrier Natoma Bay on a mission to strike transport vessels and was shot down by the Japanese ...

Arthur Van Haren Jr. was one of the top fighter pilots of WWII. He also was my grandfather. I called him “Tata,” a nickname for grandfather in Spanish. He didn’t tell me much about World War II. Tata ...

They were the heroes of the home front, factory workers across Long Island who built the aircrafts — and aircraft parts — that enabled America and the allies to win World War II. Eighty years later, ...

Notable fighters such as the P-51 Mustang, the Spitfire, the A6M Zero, the P-38 Lightning, the Bf-109 and the Fw-190 fought in that war. On the list of the best fighters of that era, the Chance Vought ...

A Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-6 in for work at Midwest Aero Restorations at the Vermilion Regional Airport in Danville on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. The company specializes in WWII fighter airplane ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over the Germans. To ensure the ground effort got to Berlin, the air war had to be ...

German engineers and scientists created some exceptional and novel military designs during WWII. Granted, not everything they created was an instant success, and they even created one fighter jet that ...

A vintage F4U Corsair fighter-bomber — the type that helped the U.S. win World War II — has been added to the exhibits of the USS Midway Museum in San Diego. The Midway is the latest in a series of ...

The F4U-4 as workers placed it on board the Midway this week. Photo credit: Courtesy, Midway Museum The USS Midway Museum on Friday opened a new exhibit featuring a famous historical military aircraft ...

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