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 ...

SAN ANTONIO — At 100, Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson Jr. still vividly remembers aerial combat high over Germany with fellow ace Chuck Yeager. The dogfights play like an old World War II movie reel, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In duels over Eastern Europe, the agile fighter scored kill after kill David Kindy - Correspondent The P-51 Mustang was the darling of the Army Air Forces. Aerodynamically agile and acrobatic, the ...