The Ki-84 Hayate could outclimb, outturn, and outfight the P-47 in a one-on-one dogfight. But war isn’t won on paper — and ...

The inspiration for this article comes from the Rex’s Hangar channel of MSN, specifically a video posted on or about April 8, 2025, titled “Japan’s Failed Copycat Bombers | Mitsubishi Ki-1 & Ki-2.” As ...

Before Japan’s air power faded into ashes, the Ki-21 “Sally” carried the Empire’s ambitions across Asia. Fast, elegant, and deadly at first, it soon became a flying target — outmatched, overburdened, ...

The Ki-27 was a single-seater, highly maneuverable, fixed-gear airplane, but it was no match for the Flying Tigers. When one thinks of Imperial Japan’s World War II fighter planes, the legendary ...