Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the Allied forces, the skies over Europe from 1942 to 1943 brought near ruinous casualty numbers. The odds of a B-17 crewman ...

Summary and Key Points: The North American P-51 Mustang, adopted by the U.S. Army Air Forces, went from design to prototype in just 102 days. Initially designed for the Royal Air Force, the Mustang ...

Key Point: Had life worked out differently, the Mustang could also have fought in Vietnam and flown against a Soviet invasion of Western Europe. The North American P-51 Mustang was one of the greatest ...

Early in World War II, the Axis Powers of Germany and Imperial Japan had three distinct aircraft that were able to wreak havoc on the relatively underdeveloped air power of the Allied nations. There ...

The P-51 Lucy Gal project-an effort to honor Rochester, New York Red Tail Leland Pennington-is slowly taking shape. In previous articles on my mission to keep this MIA pilot's legacy flying, I spoke ...

A one-of-a-kind airplane made a special flight to Indiana County this week. The American P-51 Mustang, nicknamed “Thunderbird,” is on display at Indiana County-Jimmy Stewart Airport through Sunday.

No American military aircraft ever made has a mythos and a cultural impact anything like the North American P-51 Mustang. Say what you will about whether it's the legitimate best single-engined ...

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 ...

A visitor to our ramp last week, this P-51D Mustang stopped in for fuel and a sandwich for it's pilot. The 'D' model Mustang is identified by it's beautiful bubble canopy...more D's were produced than ...

For the Allied forces, the skies over Europe from 1942 to 1943 brought near ruinous casualty numbers. The odds of a B-17 crewman surviving the 25 missions required to complete a tour were only one in ...