True, the PA-48 would have been cheaper, but this virtue is rooted in a time when human life was cheaper. America lost almost forty-four thousand Army Air Force (the precursor to the U.S. Air Force) ...

Pre-war air doctrine claimed massed, gun-bristling bombers could penetrate enemy airspace without escorts. Reality hit hard in 1943—daylight raids like Schweinfurt-Regensburg suffered crippling losses ...

With a kill ratio of 19 to 1, the NA P51 Mustang was one of the most-effective warbirds in WWII, cleared Europe's sky, and paved the path for the V-Day in 1945. This is the story of one of the most ...

The journey of New Zealand’s only active combat Mustang aircraft is shared in a new book written by Brendon Deere of the ...

The USAAF sought an aircraft that could fly longer distances while retaining the Mustang’s performance characteristics—so North American simply fused two P-51s together. During World War II, the ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. When Gen. Dwight Eisenhower surveyed the beaches of ...

For a while now, Ford has been striving to link some of its products to the world of combat aviation. Over the past few years, 11 one-of-a-kind vehicles inspired by aircraft of a long-gone era have ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Some of the rarest planes from World War II will be on display through the weekend at Syracuse’s Hancock International Airport. The planes include the B-29 Superfortress and a P-51 ...

Ever since 2008, Ford has donated a custom designed Mustang each year to support the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) educational programs. There was only one exception, though: in 2017, Ford ...