From the skies over Kursk to the deserts of North Africa, a handful of fighter pilots found themselves in moments of intense, target-rich combat where skill, timing, and survival collided. Pilots like ...

While the numbers may be inflated, Luftwaffe pilots claimed that the Me 262 shot down 542 Allied aircraft during the war.

The 119th Fighter Squadron at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base has a new flagship: a jet that bears the tail insignia of the Jersey Jerk, the name of the planes that hero pilot Donald J.