On March 18 the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas held a ceremony to formally dedicate the Air Force Room to the ...

In 1974, aircraft designer Alexander Kartveli died at the age of 77. Among the plane he designed was the P-47 Thunderbolt; in their obituary for Kartveli, The New York Times succinctly explained the P ...

This is why the P-47 Thunderbolt may have been the best fighter plane of World War 2. Bristling with eight .50 caliber machine guns and payloads of rockets and bombs, the P-47’s effectiveness came ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The juiced-up engines of the P-47Ms were plagued by serious technical problems. Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the chunky ...

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (nicknamed "Jug") was one of the top US Army Air Forces fighter planes of WWII. It is counted among the warplanes produced in the highest numbers, and it saw excellent ...

Cottrell ended the war with sixty-five combat missions under his belt in his trusty P-47. As The National Interest has recently reported, World War II fighter pilots (not to mention WWII veterans in ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The P-47 Thunderbolt “Tarheel Hal” which returned to Evansville in October, has been renamed “Hoosier Spirit II" and might be designated as the official state aircraft of Indiana.

Many of the most successful fighter pilots gained fame not only for their aerial tactics, but for their ability to pass their knowledge on to others. Ironically, some of those who handed down their ...

First Lieutenant Loren Hintz of the Army Air Corps was based in Italy near the end of World War II. On April 21st, 1945, his P-47 fighter bomber was shot down. More than 70 years later, Hintz's family ...

A member of the P-47 Foundation talks about efforts to bring a historic plane back to EVV. Rick Kaskel, President of the Evansville P-47 Foundation, talks to Evansville Rotarians about efforts taken ...

Battle across the European and Pacific fronts during World War II and take control of the United States Army Air Forces’ P-47 Thunderbolt. Fight to destroy Japan’s super-heavy prototype bomber, FUGAKU ...