and ended up being the last piston engine fighter ordered by the United States Air Force. Today, only five of these “Twin Mustangs” are known to exist. One of those, a prototype XP-82 variant ...

The lightweight aircraft was equipped with a 950-horsepower engine, helping it reach speeds of 331 mph and a service ceiling of 32,810 feet. Entering service in 1940, the Focke-Wulf Fw190 was one ...

German engineers and scientists created some exceptional and novel military designs during WWII. Granted ... was its first operational fighter with a turbojet engine, which England was also ...

North American B-25 Mitchell One of the best known airplanes of World War II, the B-25 bomber was also ... Sixteen of these twin-engine bombers famously flew in the Tokyo Raid of April 18, 1942 ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over the Germans. To ensure the ground effort got to Berlin, the air war had to ...