The U.S. Navy has a storied history of utilizing some of the most advanced and iconic aircraft in the world. From the early ...
More than 12,500 examples of this aircraft were manufactured by Vought beginning in 1940, with final delivery of 1953, in what is known as the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U ...
The potency of the US Navy’s air power increased at a bewildering rate during the second world war. From hair-raising early ...
The airplanes of the Second World War have been incredible machines. Designed and built on fast-forward to meet the ever-changing requirements of combat situations, they all, almost without exception, ...
The F4U-4 as workers placed it on board the Midway this week. Photo credit: Courtesy, Midway Museum The USS Midway Museum on Friday opened a new exhibit featuring a famous historical military aircraft ...
The F4U Corsair combat plane will be the topic of the Oct. 10 meeting of the Scott Hosier World War II Roundtable meeting at Rochester Assembly of God Church, 4240 18th Ave. N.W. Tom Brinkman of ...
By the Korean War, rescue crews were used to being paid in ice cream for saving pilots. One crew wanted a full dinner.
(Columbia) Nov. 12, 2002 - A F4U Corsair World War II-era fighter plane participating in the Celebrate Freedom Festival crashed in a Midlands subdivision early Sunday afternoon. The FAA and National ...