Leroy Grumman's F4F Wildcat was not the fastest or most advanced fighter aircraft of World War II. But during the dark months after Pearl Harbor, Wildcat pilots stood firm, held the line, and stopped ...

The Air Legends Foundation will bring the four Grumman aircraft — the F4F-3 Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, F7F Tigercat and F8F Bearcat — to Oshkosh.

Explore the history of the Grumman F6F Hellcat, the U.S. Navy's legendary WWII carrier fighter that first flew on June 26, ...

The Wildcat’s supercharged 1,200 horsepower R-1830 radial engine allowed it to attain speeds of 331 mph while armed with four jam-prone .50-caliber machine guns, or 320 mph on the heavier F4F-4 ...

The Lexington and F4F Wildcat tandem would prove to be the launching platform ... Butch ‘personally organized and voluntarily led the first night fighter section of aircraft to operate ...

The unit, nicknamed the Thunderbolts or T-Bolts, traces its lineage to World War II in which its pilots flew the F4F Wildcat, an aircraft carrier-based fighter.

Four Grumman fighter aircraft (F4F-3 Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, F7F Tigercat and F8F Bearcat) will be featured at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The aircraft will be displayed on Boeing Plaza and flown in the ...