For the Allied forces, the skies over Europe from 1942 to 1943 brought near ruinous casualty numbers. The odds of a B-17 crewman surviving the 25 missions required to complete a tour were only one in ...

The North American P-51 Mustang wasn't just one of the most important Allied fighter planes of World War II. The Mustang ranks highly on the list of the most famous warplanes of all time. While there ...

Despite some strong contenders, I keep coming back to the Mustang. The Mustang is the Jimmy Stewart of airplanes. Both are solid performers with dashing good looks, and few have a negative comment for ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In fact, the U.S. Air Force did eventually buy a propeller-driven counterinsurgency plane. Brazil’s A-29 Tucano was selected in 2011 for the new Light Air Support ...

Few, except the most dedicated military aviation enthusiasts, are aware of the large market that still exists today for restored warbirds, a term used to describe old military aircraft that remain on ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Today’s pilots are expensively trained and politically expensive to lose. A pilot lost over Serbia or Syria has major diplomatic repercussions, which is why drones ...

CHAMBLEE, Ga. - You probably didn't know it, but a hero flew over thousands of people's heads on Tuesday. For his 100th birthday, World War II veteran Paul Crawford flew a P-51 Mustang. He and the ...

The Palm Springs Air Museum is the new home of a P-51 Mustang Man O'War airplane. The plane was built in Inglewood, CA in February of 1945. It was first shipped to England during World War II, but it ...

On Wings of Freedom they arrived Wednesday at John Wayne Airport. The World War II era aircraft – including a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress – are in town for the Wings of Freedom Tour, which will ...

No American military aircraft ever made has a mythos and a cultural impact anything like the North American P-51 Mustang. Say what you will about whether it's the legitimate best single-engined ...

Had the Russian version of the P-51 appeared five years earlier, ‘I doubt if anyone would ever have heard of the Mustang.’ There’s something special about about flying your airplane into an airshow or ...