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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.