Although the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the heaviest single-engine fighter plane used in WWII, it remained a versatile and highly capable aircraft used for a variety of roles.

Major Richard Bong (1920-1945), the United States' highest-scoring air ace, admires the picture of his girlfriend Marjorie Vattendahl, on the side of his Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft ...

Dean “Diz” Laird, the only known Navy ace to shoot down both German and Japanese planes during World War II, has died, his daughter told CNN on Monday. He was 101.

Spitfire: The Plane That Saved the World is a documentary about the Supermarine Spitfire, a fighter plane that played a major hand in balancing the odds for Britain during WWII.