A full grin spread across the face of Stuart “Boot” Gordon every time a visitor stopped to wish him a happy birthday. Boot — ...
The remarkable flying career of Charles ‘Chuck’ Yeager - the first pilot to break the sound barrier and fly at supersonic ...
He was the first Black jet fighter pilot in Korean airspace during the Korean War, and a decorated one after 126 missions.
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — With members of a trailblazing Black Air Force unit passing away at advanced ages, efforts to remain ...
The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who fought the Nazi air force to a standstill amid fears that Britain might be ...
The Corsair performed well during World War II, claiming 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses—an overall kill ratio ...
The combination of speed, range, and armament made the P-51 Mustang one of the most versatile platforms of the Second World ...
A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help ...
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...