For most mere mortals, the act of landing a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier is beyond comprehension. Experienced pilots count it among the most difficult maneuvers to perform. Even if we look at ...

Rex Beisel designed the legendary F4U Corsair fighter, a World War II piston heavyweight that served through the Korea conflict and was “one of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ finest fighters,” ...

The Vought F7U Cutlass carrier-based jet fighter was one of the most unusual designs ever produced for the United States Navy. Created as Vought's entry into a 1945 day-fighter design competition, it ...

F7U-3 Cutlasses crashed on at least four occasions in 1955, the year this photo was taken over New Jersey. One beautiful southern California afternoon in the summer of 1954, I watched a Navy F7U-3 ...