One of the pivotal events in the development of US Navy fighter tactics in World War II took place on Jun.…
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One of the pivotal events in the development of US Navy fighter tactics in World War II took place on Jun.…
The Buffalo won a competition against the Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1939 to become the US Navy’s first monoplane fighter aircraft. Designed and built…
Commander Glenn Tierney finished his illustrious military career in 1971 having flown every Navy fighter from the Wildcat to the Tomcat. …
The Cactus Air Force, primarily flying the rugged Wildcat fighter and the incomparable Dauntless divebomber, weathered every Japanese assault and emerged…
The captain of the Lexington, Frederick Sherman, recommended O’Hare for the Congressional Medal of Honor but O’Hare refused, insisting to his…
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