What You Need to Know: Japan’s Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter dominated the skies over the Pacific early in World War II, achieving a 12-to-1 kill ratio.This carrier-based warplane, known for its ...

The opening of the air war over the Pacific was brutal. Allied pilots found themselves facing an enemy whose fighters ...

Japan began the Pacific War with two major technological advantages over the U.S. Navy: the much more reliable Long Lance torpedo, and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero carried-based fighter, a design that ...

In the skies of World War II, two legendary fighters clashed, the Grumman F6F Hellcat and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. The Zero was light, nimble, and deadly, designed for skilled pilots in close ...

A Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter at the NACA Langley Reserch Center in Hampton Virginia (USA), in March 1943. This plane had been captured at Akutan Island, Alaska, in August 1942.

> Restored 83-Year-Old WW2 A6M3 Zero Fighter Flies Again. ... Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 22 Zero serial number 3489 on Taroa Island shortly before the Sterling team’s recovery operations.

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero is probably the best-known military fighter used in WW2, but Kawasaki also made several aircraft for the conflict. Here are a few.

The Zero fighter was one of the greatest fighters of World War II. Developed by Mitsubishi, the Zero was a mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy, flying from both land bases and aircraft ...