Today, when people look back at the Pacific theatre, there are two American fighter aircraft which are often remembered together . Those are; the Vought F4U Corsair, and the Grumman F6F Hellcat.

While the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the heaviest single-engine fighter plane of the war ... for high-altitude flying. The Grumman F6F Hellcat could be ranked among the top aircrafts; however ...

President Donald Trump announced the Pentagon’s decision to move forward with a next-generation fighter jet titled F-47 on Friday in joint remarks alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth fro ...

For the company’s fourth Navy fighter, sandwiched between the successful F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat ... “The name ‘Grumman’ on a plane or part has the same meaning to the Navy that ...

F6F Hellcats were “excellent fighter aircraft” that accounted for 75 percent of U.S. Navy air victories in the Pacific, Van Tilburg said. Over time, the wreckage of the Hellcat has fallen ...

The F6F Hellcat was an embodiment of Leroy Grumman ... “Looking back at it now, I guess I always had dreams of flying fighter aircraft like the guys I read about did,” he says.