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 ...

HENDERSONVILLE - Fifteen aviation students from Arden’s Christ School and their instructors listened intently as Hendersonville resident and World War II P-47 Pilot Ed Cottrell described his harrowing ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The juiced-up engines of the P-47Ms were plagued by serious technical problems. Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the chunky ...

In 1974, aircraft designer Alexander Kartveli died at the age of 77. Among the plane he designed was the P-47 Thunderbolt; in their obituary for Kartveli, The New York Times succinctly explained the P ...

On May 12, 1944, Luftwaffe ace Gunther Rall, in a dogfight over Germany with American fighter pilots, had already shot down two P-47 Thunderbolts. Rall suddenly discovered that he was targeted by four ...

Many of the most successful fighter pilots gained fame not only for their aerial tactics, but for their ability to pass their knowledge on to others. Ironically, some of those who handed down their ...

This video highlights five extraordinary WWII aircraft and the personal stories behind their iconic nose art. From the P-47 Thunderbolt “Misfire” flown by Captain Fred Christensen to the B-17 “Yankee ...

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt entered World War II as an object of ridicule, dismissed by German pilots as slow, heavy, and obsolete. This film follows the American pilots who flew it and the ...