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 A6M made her maiden flight on April 1, 1939, and was officially introduced into operational service with the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on July 1, 1940. The plane was manufactured by ...

The Zero endures as a symbol of Imperial Japan’s efficiency and menace. Imperial Japan’s most iconic piece of military hardware may well be the Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero, which at the time... What You Need ...

As the Japanese Empire was planning to conquer the Pacific, they realized they would have to deploy their forces to many small islands or atolls where building an airstrip would be hard or impossible.

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 ...

On Sunday Dec. 7, 1941, 72 years ago today, Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor, in the Hawaii, causing the death of 2,402 Americans, wounding 1,282 others, ...

Wargaming has announced a new set of Japanese Imperial aircraft for its combat sim, World of Warplanes. The first batch to arrive will be carrier-based fighters - Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero, Nakajima Type ...