As a naval aviator in World War II, Donald McPherson got five aerial kills. Then he spent decades in a life of service.

World War II fielded some of the first iconic fighter jets in military history. It also saw the arrival of some profound ...

You're probably familiar with the P-38 Lightning, the P-47 Thunderbolt, and the P-51 Mustang, but do you know what the P in ...

The heaviest single-engine fighter used by any country during the war, the P-47 Thunderbolt was also the most widely used American fighter aircraft, with nearly 15,700 units produced between 1941 ...

It was Aug. 15, 1945, when Mandeberg was killed in the last aerial dogfight of the war. He was piloting one of several F6F ...

With no engine, gliders were towed by other planes before being released to slip silently past enemy lines. They were used ...

World War II veteran Donald McPherson, believed to be the last living American “ace” pilot, has died at the age of 103.

Donald McPherson shot down five planes in the Pacific theater in the final years of the war, earning him the title of "ace" ...

Amid the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end comes the death of what is believed to be America’s last surviving ace, Don ...