Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arthur Van Haren Jr. was one of the top fighter pilots of WWII. He also was my grandfather. I called him “Tata,” a nickname for ...

A WWII veteran is celebrating his 100th birthday this week! Clarence “Bill” Wenzel served in the Navy as a fighter pilot from 1944 to 1949. He flew a F6F Hellcat Fighter Plane, making 72 landings with ...

Among the survivors of the relentless, high-altitude peril during World War II was a 23-year-old Army Air Force captain, R.C. Franklin of Mojave.

A Phoenix man sought to honor his grandfather, a decorated World War II fighter pilot, after learning of his struggles with PTSD. Lt. Arthur Van Haren Jr., a Latino fighter ace, shot down nine enemy ...

"World News Tonight" anchor David Muir reported on a remarkable moment as a 100-year-old World War II fighter pilot returned to the skies over McKinleyville, California, taking the controls of the ...

KERN COUNTY, Calif. – On Monday, the Department of Defense's POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Captain Arthur M. Lingo of Fellows, California -who was killed ...

Arthur Van Haren Jr. was one of the top fighter pilots of WWII. He also was my grandfather. I called him “Tata,” a nickname for grandfather in Spanish. He didn’t tell me much about World War II. Start ...

Arthur Van Haren Jr., a Mexican-American, was a highly decorated fighter pilot ace in WWII. He served in the Pacific Theater with the VF-2, 'The Rippers,' a squadron known for producing numerous aces.