Here’s What You Need To Remember: Zemke’s Wolfpack ended the war the top-scoring U.S. fighter group of the 8 th Air Force, with 665.5 recognized aerial kills—or one thousand aircraft destroyed, ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The juiced-up engines of the P-47Ms were plagued by serious technical problems. Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the chunky ...

The P-47 Thunderbolt was famous for its durability and resilience in WWII combat. 🛩️ Discover five key reasons why this aircraft was able to endure enemy fire and continue flying, making it one of ...

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Sitting in a wheelchair with images of airplanes on his shirt and a U.S. Army Air Corps hat on his head, 92-year-old retired Air National Guard Chief Warrant ...

Whereas the quick and agile North American P-51 Mustang, the legendary fighter that dominated the skies of World War II, and Lockheed's P-38 did indeed bring the "Lighting," Republic Aviation's P-47 ...

“The P-47 was one of the most versatile aircraft we had in World War II,” says Jeremy Kinney, curator and chair of the aeronautics department at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, which ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Step inside the Commemorative Air Force hangar at Flemming Field in South St. Paul and you're swept up in history. There is an array of vintage war birds, vividly painted and ...

NEW YORK — Police divers and Army Corps of Engineers personnel retrieved the wreckage of a World War II plane from the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey on Saturday after the vintage ...

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — Sitting in a wheelchair with images of airplanes on his shirt and a U.S. Army Air Corps hat on his head, 92-year-old retired Air National Guard Chief Warrant ...