Designed in 1939, the Lockheed L-133 was decades ahead of its time—a futuristic jet fighter that could’ve made the U.S. the first nation to deploy jet-powered combat aircraft. Featuring swept wings, ...

One of the most sinister aircraft of World War II, the Junkers Ju 87 ... and was responsible for destroying 17% of the Luftwaffe fighter fleet. The Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero was incredibly ...

The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era American military aircraft ranges from propeller-driven trainers, fighters, flying boats, and bombers to the nation’s first generation of jet-powered ...

The fighter plane used by the USAAF 49th to counter the Japanese menace was the P-40 Warhawk. A mong the most harrowing ...

The German Luftwaffe entered World War II in September 1939 employing as its main day fighter the Messerschmitt Bf109 one of the classic fighter aircraft designs of all time When war broke out it ...

The Spitfire is the most famous plane ... fighters provided crucial air support for the D-Day landings and many were adapted to be fighter-bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2 ...

The wreck of the RAAF plane Baltimore FW282, which was shot down by the Nazis in December 1943, was found in the Aegean Sea ...