If a conflict were to break out in Pacific the near term, the Boeing F/A-18 would likely perform the majority of combat operations. See why this could be similar to the situation the F4F Wildcat faced ...

ALAMEDA — A World War II-era fighter plane that spent 50 years at the bottom of Lake Michigan has taken on a new role as an exhibit at the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum. The aircraft, an F4F ...

Airline pilot Mark Watt flies Steve Craig's Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat at an airshow in 2005. Doug Fisher Steve Craig, a hospitality industry entrepreneur in Lawrence, Kansas, is one of those rare and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Leroy Grumman's F4F Wildcat was not ...

Numerous dives and sonar images uncovered what divers believe is a submerged plane, a more than 70-year-old, Grumman F4F Wildcat in the murky St. Johns River. It’s taken about three and a half years ...

Often outmatched but rarely outlasted, the F4F Wildcat evolved through hard lessons in design and combat to become the backbone of early Allied carrier warfare. From Grumman’s biplane roots to brutal ...

This 2DVD set focused on the development and combat history of the Grumman F4F Wildcat and was created from holdings at the National Archives the National Museum of Naval Aviation the Naval Historical ...

Japan began the Pacific War with two major technological advantages over the U.S. Navy: the much more reliable Long Lance torpedo, and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero carried-based fighter, a design that ...

Though Butch O’Hare did live to receive his Medal of Honor, he didn’t live to see the end of the war. If you’ve ever lived in or traveled to the city of Chicago, Illinois, then you’re undoubtedly ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition – Grumman F4F Wildcat & Martlet Developed by Just Flight, the Wildcat and Martlet add-on for FSX: Steam Edition ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Leroy Grumman's F4F Wildcat was not ...