A WWII veteran is celebrating his 100th birthday this week! Clarence “Bill” Wenzel served in the Navy as a fighter pilot from 1944 to 1949. He flew a F6F Hellcat Fighter Plane, making 72 landings with ...

On Nov. 18, 1952, Royce Williams was piloting an F9F-5 Panther when he encountered seven Soviet MiG-15s. He shot down four of ...

During World War II, the sky was its own battlefield, and the fighter pilots who owned it were a different breed. They were young, fearless, and sharp enough to dance with death at 20,000 feet.

The Vought XF5U "Flying Pancake" was a radical Navy fighter that promised extreme performance but arrived just as jet aircraft took over, ending one of aviation's boldest experiments before it ever ...

The Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake” was one of WWII’s strangest aircraft experiments. Discover why the U.S. Navy tested this ...

A Phoenix man sought to honor his grandfather, a decorated World War II fighter pilot, after learning of his struggles with PTSD. Lt. Arthur Van Haren Jr., a Latino fighter ace, shot down nine enemy ...

Korean War fighter pilot Royce Williams faced off against seven Soviet MiG fighter jets in 1952, shooting down four of them despite his aircraft being hit with extensive enemy gunfire.

Leo Bernu, a Navy pilot who served in the South Pacific, died on New Year's Eve at age 103. Leo Bernu, a Navy pilot who served in the South Pacific, died at age 103 on Dec. 31.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lt. J.G. Ralph Cornelius Dupont, a U.S. Navy pilot missing since World War II, will be laid to rest with full military honors on ...