This video takes viewers inside the cockpit for a detailed walkthrough of the legendary P-51 Mustang fighter. From instrumentation and controls to the gunsight and throttle, this look reveals how ...

The Hellcat’s forgiving flight characteristics and durability allowed less experienced pilots to survive early engagements and gain greater experience against the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero.

On Dec. 9, 1941, two days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Vultee Vice President of Production D. I. Caroll boasted that the plane manufacturer's Nashville division had increased productivity by two ...

Lt. Ralph DuPont, a World War II F6F-5 Hellcat Pilot, went missing during the Battle of Formosa in 1944. It took 80 years to ...

Whether it's a Nimitz-class or Ford-class, the number of military jets that can fit on the deck of an aircraft carrier may ...

During World War II, military officials reported naval aviators flew from aircraft carriers, projecting air power across vast stretches of the Pacific Ocean, and participated in major battles such as ...

The significant airfield repair and upgrade work might support frontline fighters in the future, as the U.S. develops distributed basing to counter China ...

The operation, led by Cotswold Archaeology in partnership with the US Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), aims to locate evidence from the aircraft and, if possible, recover remains related to ...

Key Point – Japan reworked two “helicopter destroyers” into F-35B–capable flattops, threading the needle between Article 9 constraints and rising Chinese pressure. Here’s how it became legal—and ...