Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was US' first operational jet fighter ... war crop duster Not all important military aircraft are the ones that shoot and have exclusively military value. The Stearman ...

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 ...

Belly tanks were supplemental gas tanks strapped to World War II fighter planes to help boost their notoriously poor range. However, after the war, racers found another use for them. America's ...

The incredible Messerschmitt 262 was the very first jet fighter, fielded later in World War II ... The next aircraft in the celebrated Century Series is the F-101 Voodoo. This model's own first ...

One of the most sinister aircraft of World War II, the Junkers Ju 87 ... and was responsible for destroying 17% of the Luftwaffe fighter fleet. The Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero was incredibly ...

CHIKUZEN, Fukuoka Prefecture--A full-size replica of the rarest of Japan’s World War II fighter ... the aircraft would go on display one day. The museum made do with a 1/18 scale model and ...

The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World ... the war progressed so did the Spitfire. After the original designer RJ Mitchell died in 1937, his successor Joe Smith developed the fighter ...

See the competing NGAD fighter ... aircraft, which would be designated the F-47. The designation is a deviation from typical naming conventions because it was previously used for the World War II ...

The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era American military aircraft ranges from propeller-driven trainers, fighters, flying boats, and bombers to the nation’s first generation of jet-powered ...