On December 11, 1941, just days after Pearl Harbor, two Marine Corps F4F Wildcat pilots found themselves as the last line of defense against a massive Japanese assault on Wake Island. Facing ...

Escort carriers, also known as “Jeep Carriers,” were smaller, lightly armored WWII aircraft carriers built quickly to support ...

For the company’s fourth Navy fighter, sandwiched between the successful F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat, Grumman engineers came up with the twin-engine F5F, nicknamed “Skyrocket.” Although the ...

A World War II Grumman F4F Wildcat flies past the tower on a low pass at the California Capital Airshow at Mather Airport on Saturday, March 22, 2025. A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II ...