Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military aircraft in particular. He has a particular penchant for documenting specific airframes with a highly ...

One reason the Zero was so successful in dogfights was its phenomenal maneuverability. The Zero was a lightweight, low-wing monoplane that generated high lift at low speeds with low-wing loading. The ...

Use the controls at the bottom of the frame to navigate, zoom in and out, or view full-screen. Mitsubishi designed the Navy Type Zero Carrier-Based Fighter in 1937, and it became the symbol of ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, a Mitsubishi A6M2 that was captured at Akutan Island, Alaska, in August 1942. This Mitsubishi A6M2 fighter was the first "Zero" to fall intact into ...

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 ...