Late in World War II, Germany’s Me-262 jet fighters took to the skies against the U.S. Army Air Forces’ P-51 Mustangs. This video recounts those dramatic encounters over Germany, where speed clashed ...

A P-51 Mustang flies over Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., during a 2015 event. (A1C Philip Bryant/Air Force) For the Allied forces, the skies over Europe from 1942 to 1943 brought near ...

The P-51 Mustang, initially designed for the British RAF, became widely regarded as one of World War II's finest piston-engined fighters, with its combat performance significantly enhanced by ...

This part exposes the hard numbers behind the P-51 Mustang’s supposed long-range dominance. Using mission logs, engineering data, and pilot reports, we uncover how fuel limitations, combat maneuvering ...

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 ...

3 Key Points: The P-51 Mustang, often hailed as the best operational piston-engined fighter of WWII, was rapidly developed by North American Aviation (NAA) in response to the RAF’s urgent need for a ...

The North American P-51 Mustang is an iconic airplane synonymous with its service in World War II. But to say its development ceased entirely once the war came to a close would not be entirely ...

During World War II, the Mustang destroyed 4,950 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air—the most of any U.S. fighter in the European Theater. The North American P-51 Mustang may well be the most iconic U.S.