This is the story of Brigadier General Clarence "Bud" Anderson, the pilot of P-51 Mustang Old Crow, and his greatest dogfight against a German ace in 1944, as well as the end of his tour in the US Air ...

Pre-war air doctrine claimed massed, gun-bristling bombers could penetrate enemy airspace without escorts. Reality hit hard ...

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 ...

Some 67 years after it last saw service in World War II, very few people are lucky enough to have even sat in a Mustang. Obviously, we’re not talking about a pony car, but about the famous P-51 ...

Joe Peterburs grins from the backseat of a P-51H Mustang, the same kind of plane he flew over Germany in World War II, during the Rumble Over the Redwoods Air Show in California. (Courtesy Carson ...

True, the PA-48 would have been cheaper, but this virtue is rooted in a time when human life was cheaper. America lost almost forty-four thousand Army Air Force (the precursor to the U.S. Air Force) ...

CHAMBLEE, Ga. - You probably didn't know it, but a hero flew over thousands of people's heads on Tuesday. For his 100th birthday, World War II veteran Paul Crawford flew a P-51 Mustang. He and the ...

When the United States Army Air Forces adopted the North American P-51 Mustang, the cost per plane was a seemingly affordable $50,000 – about the cost today of a luxury SUV. However, adjusted for ...