This is the true story of World War II ace Richard Peterson who killed a German pilot in his parachute in one of the most ...

In the decades following World War II, numerous fighter pilots have emerged from the record books to belatedly receive an honor long denied them: credit for downing five enemy aircraft and recognition ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The roar of the engines could be heard while they were still far off. A crowd had gathered to see a pair of WWII era planes land at Tampa Executive Airport, and Jerry Browne Jr. was in ...

Rancho Palos Verdes pilot Brad Lang will participate in the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover in Washington, D.C., on Friday with more than 50 vintage World War II aircraft in 15 historically sequenced ...

FARGO – For the first time in 69 years, a decorated World War II pilot was back in the cockpit. Capt. Jervis Van Vleck Heimbach, now 93, reminisced about his experiences in the war at the Fargo Air ...

A pilot died Sunday of injuries suffered in the crash of a rare airplane in western Wisconsin. Donald Hinz, 60, of Woodbury, was admitted to a St. Paul hospital after the Saturday afternoon crash. He ...

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. - Some pilots say flying a P-51 Mustang is like nothing else. The 91-year-old Paul Crawford flew a Mustang as a fighter pilot in 29 missions over China in World War II. He says ...

Stallion 51, a flight training facility in Kissimmee, Florida that specializes in warbird training, celebrated a very special milestone yesterday for its founder and chief pilot Lee Lauderback at Sun ...

*World War II had just started. Britain needed more fighter planes and was looking to the USA. The Curtiss P40 Warhawk seemed attractive, but the Curtiss facility was already working at full capacity.

A P-51 Mustang landed safely at Mobile Downtown Airport on Sunday after one of aviation’s living legends helped the pilot through a problem with the airplane’s landing gear. The P-51, known as The ...