PitchBook, the leading private capital market intelligence platform, today announced the launch of PitchBook Valuation Estimates, the industry’s first daily, standardized valuation framework designed ...

The USN used many B-24 Liberators with great success for long-range patrol and anti-submarine warfare, designating them the ...

In the early Pacific War, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero seemed unbeatable. Its unmatched agility and skilled pilots gave Allied forces trouble. However, everything shifted when the U.S. Navy introduced the ...

The real-world analog for the "Star Wars" Y-wing starfighter is less obvious than for other spacecraft in the series. B-29 Superfortress cockpits clearly inspired the Millennium Falcon, and X-wings ...

Lt. Ralph Cornelius DuPont, an F6F-5 Hellcat pilot assigned to Fighting Squadron 18 aboard the USS Intrepid, went Missing In Action Oct. 12, 1944, during World War II's Battle of Formosa. DuPont was ...

The Hellcat’s forgiving flight characteristics and durability allowed less experienced pilots to survive early engagements and gain greater experience against the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero. The ...

DETROIT -- A naval aviator from Detroit who was one of four Americans shot down on the last day of World War II will finally receive a proper burial next month. The remains of Ensign Eugene Mandeberg ...

One of the last surviving combat aces from the war, he took down five Japanese aircraft and helped save a destroyer during the Battle of Okinawa. By Richard Sandomir On April 6, 1945, during the ...

Donald McPherson, who scored five aerial victories and was considered the last living American ace pilot from World War II, died this month at the age of 103. McPherson served as a naval aviator ...

Donald McPherson, a World War II Navy pilot from Nebraska, died Aug. 14 at age 103. He was recognized as America’s last surviving WWII "ace," credited with five aerial victories. Family say he wanted ...