“Don’t give me a P-39./The engine is mounted behind./They’ll tumble and spin and auger you in,/Don’t give me a P-39.” That is one of the verses from the humorous Air Force traditional drinking song ...

The Bell P-39 Airacobra was a fighter primarily produced by US-based aerospace manufacturer Bell Aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. However, the aircraft ...

The P-39 Airacobra may be the least loved American fighter plane of World War II, deemed inadequate by military planners at the outset of hostilities and written off as nearly useless by many ...

If this old warbird could talk, military buffs would be in for a treat – a tale comprising one part adventure, two parts courage and a whole lot of luck. The year was May 1942. Japan’s growing empire ...

Do you want to know why people don't build mid-engined airplanes anymore? It's because it took until after the Second World War for folks to realize mid-engined vehicles don't make practical sense ...

Last spring many an American Airlines pilot, stopping for passengers at Buffalo, N. Y., sunburned the roof of his mouth watching the test flights of a new pursuit ship that the U. S. Army Air Corps ...

BUFFALO -- A team of volunteers is restoring a World War II fighter found at the bottom of a Russian lake and brought back to the upstate New York factory where the plane and thousands of others like ...

Russian Navy divers recently recovered a World War II fighter from the bottom of an arctic lake. The fighter was one of thousands supplied to the Soviet Union during World War II by the United States ...

Legendary test pilot Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager passed away on December 7, 2020 at the age of 97. The flying ace is perhaps best known for becoming the first human to break the sound barrier, a feat ...