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Capt. E. Royce Williams, F9F-5 pilot who dogfight alone against 7 Soviet MiGs and shot down 4 of them, was awarded the Navy Cross but Medal of Honor still sought

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F9F Panther

Capt. E. Royce Williams, F9F-5 pilot who dogfight alone against 7 Soviet MiGs and shot down 4 of them, was awarded the Navy Cross but Medal of Honor still sought

Thanks to our partners

The story of the Top-Secret Dogfight where legendary US Korean War F9F Naval Aviator E. Royce Williams, Jr., shot down 4 Soviet MiG-15s

The day future Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams crash-landed his F9F Panther jet following a mission in Korea

How legendary Naval Aviator E. Royce Williams, Jr., was able to land an F-4 Phantom II with an engine on fire and the other flamed out

Did you know this is the Most Famous Ramp Strike in Movie History?

A US Navy F9F Panther and not a USAF F-80 Shooting Star scored the first first jet-vs-jet kill, hence the official USAF history is wrong

The story of E. Royce Williams, the Naval Aviator who became the only fighter pilot to shoot down four Soviet MiG-15s in one fight (confirmed by Russians but not by the US Navy)

The Legend of ‘The Blue Tail Fly,’ the Hybrid Panther built with a unique Combination of two Different F9Fs

Medal of Honor sought for US Korean War F9F Naval Aviator who shot down 4 Soviet MiG-15s in a single top-secret dogfight

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The unknown story of how a U.S. Navy F9F Panther scored the first true air-to-air victory in a jet vs jet engagement

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