The theaters of World War II were swarming with notable aircraft ... bombers to fighters, and they were always exploring new engineering techniques. These four stand out as the best the Third ...

Germany is known for its engineering expertise, and this resulted in some of the most impressive fighter planes in history.

At the other end of the scale, the Horten Ho X was a German concept aircraft that was never completed, but had a projected top speed of 684 mph. This list only considers WWII fighter planes that ...

Hurricanes had a top speed of 340 mph and a maximum range ... the Messerschmitt Bf-109 became Germany’s most extensively produced fighter aircraft in WWII, with an estimated production of ...

Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II hit full-rate production last year. Today, over 150 fighter jets are being made annually.

On August 9, 1952, during the Korean War, a flight of four Hawker Sea Furys took off from the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier, ...

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., credited with taking down three Nazi planes in one fight while flying with the Tuskegee Airmen, has died at age 100. Born on July 4, 1924 in Virginia, Stewart ...

They were both members of the 332nd Fighter Group ... He would learn to fly planes before he could drive a car. When World War II began in Europe in 1939, the United States began registering ...

Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the legendary flying corps’ most decorated pilots during the WWII, having claimed three Nazi ...

Above the skies of the Korean Peninsula, the F-86 Sabre formed one part of an epic aerial rivalry—against the MiG-15.