In 1938, the U.S. Navy demanded one thing from its next-generation fighter: speed. The result was the radical Vought F4U Corsair, built around the massive Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine and ...

Kenneth Walsh worked up a tactical doctrine for the Vought F4U-1 - and put it to the test.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. By V-J Day, September 2, 1945, ...

The legendary Vought F4U Corsair delivers one of the most unforgettable sounds in aviation. Powered by the massive Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engine, this WWII carrier-based fighter was ...

A vintage F4U Corsair fighter-bomber — the type that helped the U.S. win World War II — has been added to the exhibits of the USS Midway Museum in San Diego. The Midway is the latest in a series of ...

In one sense, the almost 80-year-old Chance Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft has come home. The warbird, which served from the end of World War II through the Korean War, along with a host of other ...

In the Vietnam War US Phantoms claimed to have destroyed around 147 aircraft (of a total of 195 North Vietnamese Air Force ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A famous piece of ...