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 ...

Despite criticism of inferiority to the Supermarine Spitfire, Messerschmitt Bf 109, and even the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the Curtiss P-40 played an important – if not critical – role in America’s victory ...

Known as the “Ghost P-40,” this Curtiss P-40 Warhawk became one of aviation history’s most haunting mysteries. Discovered in 1942 by Allied patrols deep in the Egyptian desert, it was remarkably ...

In all, the P-40 proved itself a worthy and rugged fighter. The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was the third most widely produced American fighter of World War II, after the North American P-51 Mustang and the ...