Air show pilots performed an aerial salute Saturday to their comrade who died after his World War II-era plane crashed in the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey a day earlier. Advertisement ...

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Sitting in a wheelchair with images of airplanes on his shirt and a U.S. Army Air Corps hat on his head, 92-year-old retired Air National Guard Chief Warrant ...

Retired Lt. Col. Terrence G. Popravak, Jr., 405th Fighter Squadron Sep 27, 2021 Sep 27, 2021 PORTLAND -- Southward from Advanced Landing Ground A-6 near Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France, the P-47 ...

Cottrell ended the war with sixty-five combat missions under his belt in his trusty P-47. As The National Interest has recently reported, World War II fighter pilots (not to mention WWII veterans in ...

Key point: The P-47 would dish out punishment and take a fair amount of damage. But it did have engine problems. Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the ...

A successful high-altitude bomber and America's leading fighter in the ground-attack role, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt served the USAAF from 1941 to 1945. Produced by Republic Aviation, the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. 2000-horsepower radial engine, eight ...

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — Sitting in a wheelchair with images of airplanes on his shirt and a U.S. Army Air Corps hat on his head, 92-year-old retired Air National Guard Chief Warrant ...