"The F4U (Navy Corsair) is the best damned fighter plane in the world," Paine said. "One took two Zeros off my tail." On April 8, 1943, Rear Admiral Ralph Davison visited the Goodyear plant in Akron.

The U.S. Navy was intrigued by the idea of a fighter that could operate from ... The subsequent addition of F4U Corsair propellers and an ejection seat resulted in a max takeoff weight of nearly ...

Early concepts of the F/A-XX include crewed and uncrewed versions of a carrier-based, tailless and twin-engine fighter, but the Navy has released few details about the design requirements. Credit: ...

His greatest accomplishment though was serving in the Navy during World War II. He makes it clear he never served in combat. ...

VE-7, Navy's first fighter aircraft, was low-tech compared ... precursor to the company that would build the famous WW2 F4U Corsair). The VE-7 was built to be fitted with both wheels and floats ...

The Navy has identified the two crew members killed when their jet fighter crashed near Mount Rainier last week as two ...

The U.S. Navy located the wreckage Wednesday of a fighter jet that crashed in Washington state during a routine training flight in mountainous terrain. The two crew members on board remain missing ...