The Corsair's "Whistling Death" nickname may or may not have been apocryphal. But its deadly efficacy was certainly not in ...

Platinum Fighter Sales has recently listed an FG-1D Corsair (BuNo 67089), formerly known as "Skyboss," which has been ...

On March 18, 1945, 19 US Navy F4U Corsair fighter-bombers flew off USS Intrepid with orders to strike a naval air base on the northern end of Kyushu in the Japanese Islands as part of a final push ...

On the list of the best fighters of that era, the Chance Vought F4U Corsair deserves a notable place. This was a naval fighter that made its first flight on May 29, 1940, with the US Navy as its first ...

Their mount would be the Chance-Vought F4U Corsair. VMF-214 at Turtle Bay September 1943 ... Baseball caps were prized possessions in the day, especially among Navy and Marine pilots throughout the ...

In the crucible of battle, pilots of the US Army Air Corps, US Navy and Marines would perform heroic feats to see through the ...

the Corsair was also used by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, French Naval Aviation, and other air forces until the 1960s. From the first prototype delivery to the U.S. Navy in 1940, to final delivery ...

The history of VF-54 begins when the United States Navy redesignated Fighter Squadron One Hundred ... shortly before the redesignation took place and were assigned the F4U-4B Corsair. It was with this ...

The Grumman F6F Hellcat was originally conceived as an advanced version of the U.S. Navy's then current front-line fighter, the F4F Wildcat (see NASM collection). The Wildcat's intended replacement, ...

He received the Navy Cross for his heroic efforts in assisting ... TX (Stearman N2S), in New Orleans, LA (F4U-Corsair) and a ground school/navigation instructor in Pensacola, FL.

The Navy will reportedly sideline 17 vessels due to a manpower shortage that makes it difficult to properly crew and operate ships across the fleet. There just aren't enough Merchant Marines to ...