After serving in the Korean War, the USS Boxer went on a tour of the Pacific in 1955, carrying a pair of F9F-5 Panthers, Grumman Aircraft ... and the F8F Bearcat is generally considered the ...

GRUMMAN'S FIRST FIGHTERS FOR THE U.S. NAVY WERE BARREL-CHESTED BIPLANES, known only as the F2F and F3F; they had no nicknames, much less the feline names that became near-synonymous with Grumman ...

Built for speed and power, the Grumman F8F Bearcat was one of the fastest piston-engine fighters ever made. Designed for dominance, but did it arrive too late? Watch to uncover its story!