Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni's commander, Col. Richard Rusnok, chats with Rear Adm. Ichiro Ishikawa, head of Japan's ...

At the start of World War II, Japan's Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter was the most vaunted and feared weapon in the enemy arsenal. Lightweight and maneuverable, the Zero was able to outfly and ...

Japanese aircraft carriers didn’t have catapults, so it’s just a straight run down the deck at max throttle to pick up enough speed. [Image courtesy of Patrick Chovanec] The A6M Zero was ...

had photos of every aircraft ever tested there, and had logs that meticulously tracked its many activities through the years. A test of a Japanese Zero at the height of World War II? That was news ...

Hirano guided his damaged Zero toward a street in Fort Kamehameha ... Identification of Japanese Aircraft, Lieutenant Olson correctly matched the airframe to the specification for a "Fighter ...

The Zero's tail, still displaying carrier Elliot ... the July 1941 edition of Military Intelligence: Identification of Japanese Aircraft, Lieutenant Olson correctly matched the airframe to the ...